Sam Fankhauser
Sam is Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy at the University of Oxford, where he is affiliated with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and the School of Geography and the Environment. He is also Research Director of Oxford Net Zero and a Fellow of Reuben College.
Sam is a Co-Investigator of the Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN), and ESRC-funded Network Plus hosted by the Grantham Research Institute and also including Queen’s University Belfast and the Universities of Edinburgh, Leeds and Oxford.
Background
Sam was Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment from September 2017 until March 2021 and Co-Director from March 2011 until August 2017, along with Prof Simon Dietz. He joined the Grantham Research Institute in 2008 as a Principal Research Fellow.
During his time at the institute Sam was also Deputy Director (2013-18) and Director (2018 – 21) of the ESRC Centre of Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). He was a member of the UK Climate Change Committee (2008-16) and a non-executive Director of CDC Group (2015-21).
Research interests
- Climate change economics and policy
- The economics of adaptation to climate change
- Climate change and development
Research articles
- Global Lessons from Climate Change Legislation and Litigation
19 Sep 2020. Shaikh Eskander, Sam Fankhauser, Joana Setzer - Economic growth and development with low-carbon energy
10 Oct 2017. Sam Fankhauser, Frank Jotzo - The political economy of passing climate change legislation: evidence from a survey
8 Sep 2015. Sam Fankhauser, Caterina Gennaioli - Where are the gaps in climate finance?
21 Jul 2015. Sam Fankhauser - Development Aid and Climate Finance
13 Feb 2015. Sam Fankhauser - Do international factors influence the passage of climate change legislation?
29 Jan 2015. Sam Fankhauser, Caterina Gennaioli - Financing for Sustainable Development
24 Nov 2014. Sam Fankhauser - Understanding the adaptation deficit: why are poor countries more vulnerable to climate events than rich countries?
29 May 2014. Sam Fankhauser - Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation
12 Oct 2013. Sam Fankhauser, Alex Bowen, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Misato Sato - How national legislation can help to solve climate change
25 Apr 2013. Sam Fankhauser, Michal Nachmany - The green growth narrative: paradigm shift or just spin?
20 Oct 2011. Alex Bowen, Sam Fankhauser - Do climate targets work?
19 Oct 2011. Sam Fankhauser - Legislating climate change on a national level
19 Sep 2011. Sam Fankhauser - Spending adaptation money wisely
23 May 2011. Sam Fankhauser - Low-carbon development for the least developed countries
20 Jan 2011. Alex Bowen, Sam Fankhauser - Combining multiple climate policy instruments: How not to do it
18 Dec 2010. Sam Fankhauser, Cameron Hepburn - Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective
18 Sep 2010. Sam Fankhauser - Environmental prices, uncertainty and learning
19 Aug 2010. Simon Dietz, Sam Fankhauser - Designing carbon markets. Part I: carbon markets in time
18 Aug 2010. Sam Fankhauser, Cameron Hepburn - Designing carbon markets. Part II: carbon markets in space
18 Aug 2010. Sam Fankhauser, Cameron Hepburn - Adaptation investments: a resource allocation framework
19 Jul 2010. Rhona Barr, Sam Fankhauser - The costs of adaptation
18 Jan 2010. Sam Fankhauser - The economics of the CDM levy: revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects
18 Jan 2010. Sam Fankhauser - Climate change, innovation and jobs
17 Mar 2008. Sam Fankhauser, Nicholas Stern
Books
- Sustainability Economics
25 Sep 2019 - Trends in climate change legislation
1 Jan 2018 - The Economics of Climate-Resilient Development
8 Sep 2016
Working papers
- The impact of climate legislation on trade-related carbon emissions, 1997–2017
27 Jul 2021 - What does network analysis teach us about international environmental cooperation?
2 Jun 2021 - Do natural disasters change savings and employment choices? Evidence from Pakistan
12 Feb 2018 - How do African SMEs respond to climate risks? Evidence from Kenya and Senegal
9 Nov 2017 - Energy policy and the power sector in the long run
26 Sep 2017 - Economic growth and development with low-carbon energy
3 Apr 2017 - Adaptation to climate change
11 Nov 2016 - Climate change, development, poverty and economics
17 Oct 2016 - Domestic dynamics and international influence: What explains the passage of climate change legislation?
3 Apr 2014 - Understanding the adaptation deficit: why are poor countries more vulnerable to climate events than rich countries?
28 Sep 2013 - Development aid and climate finance
1 Aug 2013 - Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation
1 Nov 2012 - Combining multiple climate policy instruments: how not to do it
1 Feb 2011 - Spending adaptation money wisely
1 Jan 2011 - The carbon market in 2020: volumes, prices and gains from trade
1 Nov 2009 - The costs of adaptation
1 Sep 2009 - Carbon markets in space and time
1 Jul 2009 - The Clean Development Mechanism: too flexible to produce sustainable development benefits?
1 Jun 2009 - The economics of the CDM levy: Revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects
1 May 2009
Policy publications
- Distributional impacts of a carbon tax in the UK
Policy publications, 9 Mar 2020 - Global lessons for the UK in carbon taxes
Policy publications, 2 Aug 2019 - How to price carbon to reach net-zero emissions in the UK
Policy publications, 22 May 2019 - The role and influence of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change
Policy publications, 1 Oct 2018 - The role of independent bodies in climate governance: the UK’s Committee on Climate Change
Policy publications, 1 Oct 2018 - Soutenir l’adaptation aux changements climatiques des acteurs privés en zones semi-arides dans les pays en développement
Policy publications, 5 Sep 2018 - Supporting private adaptation to climate change in semi-arid lands in developing countries
Policy publications, 3 Jul 2018 - Supporting adaptation to climate change among businesses and households in semi-arid lands: an agenda for the Talanoa Dialogue
Policy publications, 17 Apr 2018 - 10 years of the UK Climate Change Act – Summary
Policy publications, 6 Apr 2018 - 10 years of the UK Climate Change Act
Policy publications, 30 Mar 2018 - Decarbonising the European Union credibly, effectively and acceptably
Policy publications, 5 Dec 2017 - How to make carbon taxes more acceptable
Policy publications, 5 Dec 2017 - Credible, effective and publicly acceptable policies to decarbonise the European Union: Final report
Policy publications, 5 Dec 2017 - Some key issues for reviews of the costs of low-carbon electricity generation in the UK
Policy publications, 20 Nov 2017 - Global trends in climate change legislation and litigation: 2017 snapshot
Policy publications, 8 Nov 2017 - Global trends in climate change legislation and litigation: 2017 update
Policy publications, 9 May 2017 - UK export opportunities in the low-carbon economy
Policy publications, 24 Apr 2017 - Consultation response: ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’
Policy publications, 24 Apr 2017 - Brexit: implications on climate policy
Policy publications, 19 Dec 2016 - Consultation response: ‘Reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape’
Policy publications, 23 Nov 2015 - Climate change and migration in developing countries: evidence and implications for PRISE countries
Policy publications, 19 Oct 2015 - Submission to the inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change on ‘ Fuelling the debate: Committee successes and future challenges ’
Policy publications, 20 Dec 2014 - Submission to inquiry on ‘Environmental risks of fracking’ by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
Policy publications, 20 Dec 2014 - Walking alone? How the UK’s carbon targets compare with its competitors’
Policy publications, 18 Mar 2014 - Non-economic losses in the context of the UNFCCC work programme on loss and damage
Policy publications, 1 Feb 2014 - Flood insurance and the Water Bill
Policy publications, 14 Nov 2013 - Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK
Policy publications, 4 Nov 2013 - Climate change policies and the UK business sector: overview, impacts and suggestions for reform
Policy publications, 1 Nov 2013 - An Independent National Adaptation Programme for England
Policy publications, 1 Mar 2013 - A UK ‘dash’ for smart gas
Policy publications, 1 Mar 2013 - The economics of wind power: submission to the inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change
Policy publications, 1 Nov 2012 - A strategic approach to adaptation in Europe
Policy publications, 1 Jun 2012 - The case for and against onshore wind energy in the UK
Policy publications, 1 Jun 2012 - A practitioner’s guide to a low-carbon economy: lessons from the UK
Policy publications, 1 Jan 2012 - The ‘surrender charge’ on international units in the Australian ETS
Policy publications, 1 Jan 2011 - Adaptation in the UK: a decision-making process
Policy publications, 1 Sep 2010 - From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Policy publications, 1 Feb 2010 - The allocation of adaptation funding
Policy publications, 1 Feb 2010 - An outline of the case for a ‘green’ stimulus
Policy publications, 1 Feb 2009
- Why the UK needs a diverse leadership team for COP26
1 Oct 2020 - The impact of current climate policies on greenhouse gas emissions
13 Jul 2020 - Why we need more social science research on climate change
10 Sep 2019 - Politics given precedence over climate targets (on www.ft.com)
6 Jun 2019 - What does the UK need to do to make a realistic attempt at ‘net-zero’?
16 Oct 2018 - How influential is the UK’s Committee on Climate Change?
1 Oct 2018 - Extreme heat, wildfires and the cost of climate change (on www.aljazeera.com)
2 Aug 2018 - Rising heat will chill poor countries’ economies, costing billions (on www.reuters.com)
2 Aug 2018 - The public supports UK climate leadership
1 May 2018 - The Committee on Climate Change at 10: achievements and challenges ahead
1 Mar 2018 - What does the Helm Review teach us about climate policy?
27 Oct 2017 - With or without you? Why the European Union’s climate targets will be harder to meet post-Brexit
16 Jan 2017 - Green groups condemn Budget’s oil tax breaks (on www.bbc.co.uk)
16 Mar 2016 - Mary Robinson: ‘climate justice’ must play a key role in the Paris Agreement (on theconversation.com)
16 Mar 2016 - Opec faces a mortal threat from electric cars (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
23 Dec 2015 - Don’t let national politics stand in the way of the progress made at the Paris climate conference (on www.independent.co.uk)
14 Dec 2015 - Paris leaves lot of hard work to do (on www.koreatimes.co.kr)
14 Dec 2015 - The climate summit can deliver (on )
1 Dec 2015 - Green energy sector attacks chancellor’s changes to climate change levy (on www.theguardian.com)
14 Jul 2015 - Keeping Europe’s climate policy on track (on europesworld.org)
17 Jun 2015 - Is climate change a global benefit? (on www.theccc.org.uk)
14 Nov 2014 - Climate Challenges (on www.bbc.co.uk)
29 Sep 2014 - We need a stronger carbon price to justify shale (on www.respublica.org.uk)
15 Jul 2014 - Financial markets should take climate policy more seriously (on theconversation.com)
19 Mar 2014 - Grantham Research Institute wins Platinum Green Impact award
20 May 2013 - New public event: Grantham to join expert panel at annual Oxford student climate change
14 Jan 2013 - Reports spell double trouble for the climate
21 Nov 2011 - Samuel Fankhauser on roundtable discussion on a framework for a sustainable economy
20 Oct 2011 - Green growth: paradigm shift or just spin?
26 Aug 2011 - Fighting climate change in Africa
6 Jun 2011 - Carbon trading: a good idea is going through a bad patch
15 Apr 2011 - China gets serious about curtailing its carbon emissions
28 Mar 2011 - If It Warms Up, Who’s Going to Pay?
6 Dec 2009