Who we are
Ember is an independent climate think-tank focused on accelerating the global electricity transition
Objective
To accelerate the global electricity transition from coal to clean.
Theory of change
Data into action: we gather, curate and analyse data on the global coal to clean transition, with a focus on the power sector.
We use our data and analysis to:
Support high impact, politically viable policies that accelerate the coal phase-out.
Empower campaign organisations.
Shape the global narrative on coal.
Our Staff
Phil MacDonald
Chief Operating Officer
Chris Rosslowe
Energy & Climate Data Analyst
Megan Kasprzak
Junior Data Analyst
Dave Jones
Electricity Analyst
Euan Graham
Junior Energy & Climate Data Analyst
Charles Moore
Senior Energy & Policy Analyst
Pete Tunbridge
Graduate Climate & Energy Data Analyst
Ember's Board
Bryony Worthington
Baroness Bryony Worthington is our founder. She is a key architect of the UK’s Climate Change Act. Recent roles have included Executive Director at the Environmental Defense Fund Europe.
Adrienne Copithorne
Adrienne is an environmental lawyer and partner at Richard Buxton Environmental & Public Law.
Harry Benham
Harry is Chair of the Board. An energy industry professional for over 30 years with BP, Shell and EY. Also Strategic Advisor on energy issues with CarbonTracker Initiative.
History
Ember’s roots go back to 2008, when Baroness Bryony Worthington saw the desperate need to shine a light on the malfunctioning EU carbon market.
Founded as Sandbag Climate Campaign, we enabled the public to buy and remove the surplus carbon allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Recognising the systemic problems with the carbon market, we quickly transitioned into data-driven policy advocacy, aiming to win reform of this crucial climate policy.
Previous campaign successes
The Lignite Cash Cow – Highlighting the falling profits of German lignite plants, and tackling coal company arguments for excessive compensation
Limiting coal capacity payments: Winning a 550gCO2/kWh emissions limit, preventing European coal plants from receiving Capacity Payments from 2025.
The Last Gasp: Ongoing success revealing the health burden from European coal plants, winning new legislation to reduce power plant air pollution.
Maintaining the UK Carbon Price Support: coalition building, joint letters with industry, to maintain the UK’s top-up carbon tax and rapidly phase-out coal.
Annual European Power Sector Review: Shaping the narrative each year on the European electricity transition.
EU ETS Phase 4 reform: The key green voice in the debate which implemented the MSR and took the EU carbon price from €2 to €30.
- removing hundreds of millions of ‘unused allowances’ from the oversupplied EU ETS
- winning the introduction of the Market Stability Reserve, to lock away surplus allowances
- helping to secure a ban on polluting HFC offset credits
Creative Commons information
Ember content is released under a Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution Licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)
This means you’re free to share and adapt our work – as long as you credit us, and release anything you create based on our data under a Creative Commons licence too.
Please let us know if you’re using our work: there might be a way for us to collaborate!
More data will often be available on request. Email us (info@ember-climate.org)
RESEARCH ARCHIVE
1E Mentmore Terrace,
London Fields,
London
E8 3DQ
info@ember-climate.org
'Ember' is the trading name of Sandbag Climate Campaign CIC, registered as a Community Interest Company in England & Wales: Company No. 6714443.
Address: Work.Life, 1E Mentmore Terrace, London Fields, E8 3DQ