John Richard Barrett OBE is a British academic who is chair in Energy and Climate Policy at the University of Leeds. He is the Director of the Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP) (one of six End Use Energy Demand Centres) and co-director of the UK Energy Research Centre.

Policy and media work

Barrett was a lead advisor to Defra in relation to the development of Publicly Available Standard 2050 (PAS2050)1.[1] of goods and services. Barrett was commissioned by Defra to lead on understanding the carbon footprint of trade.[2]

Barrett was selected as a lead author[3] for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment for Working Group III and has appeared regularly on BBC Radio 4[4][5] news and discussion programmes and written numerous policy reports on sustainable consumption policy issues for a wide range of audiences.[6][7]

Barrett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to climate change assessment.[8]

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