In his book The Carbon Crunch (2012) and in print media, Dieter Helm criticised efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through current regulation and government intervention, and the deployment of renewable energy, particularly wind power.[8][9][10][11]
He recommended establishing a carbon tax and carbon border tax, increased funding for research and development, and an increased use of gas for electricity generation to substitute coal and to act as a bridge to new technologies.[12]
Net Zero
In 2021 his book Net Zero was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize in the Global Conservation Writing category.[13]
Bibliography
Books
As author
Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change (September 2020), Harper Collins, ISBN9780008404468.
Green and Prosperous Land (March 2019), William Collins, ISBN978-0008304478.
Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels (March 2017), Yale University Press, ISBN9780300225624.
Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet (May 2015), Yale University Press, ISBN978-0300210989.
The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong – and How to Fix it (September 2012), Yale University Press, ISBN978-0300186598.
Energy, the State, and the Market: British Energy Policy since 1979 (February 2004), revised edition, Oxford University Press, ISBN978-0199270743.
Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels (2018), Yale University Press, ISBN9780300234480.
Helm, D., 2002. Energy policy: security of supply, sustainability and competition. Energy policy, 30(3), pp.173–184. doi: 10.1016/S0301-4215(01)00141-0