Honorary Researcher, Lancaster Environment Centre; Consultant, Small World Consulting, Lancaster University
Tom Higgs is an Honorary Researcher at the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, and a consultant at Small World Consulting. His role involves modelling carbon footprints of companies or organisations, including those responsible for large land areas in the UK, and helping them plan for and implement large footprint reductions.
Tom's research interests include long-term societal sustainability, the global food system, and the implications of degrowth on planetary boundaries.
He has a background in physics, having completed a PhD at Cambridge, and undergraduate studies at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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