Jack Richardson

Head of Energy and Climate

Jack Richardson is the Head of Energy and Climate at Onward, leading the Getting to Zero research programme. He is also the James Blyth Associate Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy where he works on energy and environmental security, publishing papers on critical mineral supply chains, Chinese discursive statecraft, and climate change’s impact on migration.

He was previously a Senior Climate Programme Manager at the Conservative Environment Network and a researcher for a Foreign Office Minister in the House of Commons. He is currently studying for a Masters in International Political Economy at King’s College London and previously read Politics at the University of Exeter.

PUBLICATIONS

July 18, 2023

Power to the People: How to unlock energy infrastructure by securing community support

Why the UK Government should make community benefits mandatory

by Jack Richardson, Alex Luke, Phoebe Bunt, Ned Hammond

May 18, 2023

Hydrogen: who pays? A practical alternative to the hydrogen levy

A new Onward research note that laying out why the Government should not establish a hydrogen levy and instead proposing a practical alternative to funding hydrogen development in the UK

by Jack Richardson