CAPTURED Project Charts Future Pathways for UK’s Green Economy

A pioneering study titled CAPTURED (Complexity Appropriate Participatory Techniques Utilised for Reimagining Energy Policy Design) has brought together experts from government, industry, and academia to explore the UK’s green economy transition from 2025 to 2050. Led by Dr Kavin Narasimhan, in collaboration with Sumedha Basu and Frin Bale from the Visions of Urban Heat Systems team and colleagues from the University of Warwick. The project used participatory methods to run two workshops in March and May 2025 at Scarman, Warwick Conferences. The first; Horizon Scanning, engaged participants in mapping signals, trends, and wildcards across social, technological, economic, environmental, and political dimensions. The second workshop team applied a Futures Cone approach to identify key challenges and opportunities, inviting attendees to envision plausible and aspirational futures for the UK’s green economy.

The CAPTURED team is set to publish a comprehensive report later this year, offering insights to inform more adaptive and inclusive energy policy design for a sustainable future.