The Global Development Post-Durban Of Policy Regimes To Combat Climate Change

Date: 13 Mar 2012
Speaker(s):
Venue: Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, London

Hosted by the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE)

More information – presentation slides

The outlook for international climate-change mitigation policies post-Durban

• Professor Nicholas Stern – ‘The global development of policy regimes to combat climate change‘ (PDF, 207KB)
• Dr Robert Falkner – ‘Multilateralism in international climate politics: between crisis and renewal‘ (PDF, 58KB)
• Professor Michael Grubb (Senior Adviser, OFGEM; Senior Research Associate, Cambridge University) – ‘Plus ça Change – all over again? What’s changed, what hasn’t, and what can and needs to OR ‘Top down from the bottom up’?‘ (PDF, 1.06MB)

Aspects of policy design

• Professor Scott Barrett (Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University) – ‘Negotiating to avoid ‘dangerous’ climate change‘ (PDF, 701KB)
• Professor Sayantan Ghosal (CAGE/Warwick University) and Dr Sean Walsh (University of Western Ontario) – ‘Unilateral measures and emissions mitigation‘ (PDF, 110KB)
• Dr Sean Walsh (University of Western Ontario) – ‘Compliance mechanisms in global climate regimes: Kyoto and post-Kyoto‘ (PDF, 1.38MB)

Regional perspectives

• Professor Robert N Stavins (Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School) – ‘U.S. perspectives on global climate change policy regimes‘ (PDF, 269KB)
• Professor Christian Egenhofer (Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies [CEPS]; Visiting Professor, College of Europe [Bruges & Natolin], SciencesPo [Paris] and LUISS University [Rome]) – ‘After Copenhagen and the economic crisis: does the EU need to go back to the drawing board?‘ (PDF, 279KB)
• Dr Ruth Kattumuri (Co-Director, Asia Research Centre and India Observatory, LSE) – ‘Sustainable growth and climate change: evolution of India’s strategies‘ (PDF, 766KB)
• Dr M. Wang and Dr Y. Zhou (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) – ‘A Chinese perspective‘ (PDF, 1.35MB)

Macroeconomics and climate mitigation policies

• Dr Alex Bowen (Principal Research Fellow, GRI/CCCEP/LSE) – ‘The scope for ‘green growth’ and a new technological revolution‘ (PDF, 868KB)