Malcolm Eames

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the hydrogen futures literature is presented, using a sixfold typology to map the state of the art of scenario construction, and the authors explore the expectations embodied in the literature, through the 'answers' it provides to questions about the future of hydrogen.

TL;DR: The analysis shows that DM is able to elicit and document consensual judgments as well as divergent views by integrating analytic and deliberative components in a transparent, auditable process that creates many opportunities for personal learning, and provides a robust decision-support tool for contested science-policy issues.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the application of a novel foresight methodology, which combined participatory scenario development, using a backcasting approach, with an expert-stakeholder multi-criteria mapping (MCM) process, in order to provide an integrated, transparent assessment of the environmental, social and economic sustainability of six possible future hydrogen energy systems for the UK.

TL;DR: In this paper, a participatory backcasting and scenario foresight process is proposed to illuminate challenging but realistic socio-technical scenarios for the systemic retrofit of core UK city-regions.

TL;DR: The case of London is used to document the dynamics of expectations: how the open flexible guiding vision of a hydrogen economy must inevitably be re-invented and grounded in local agendas and contexts if its promise is to become realised.