The lack of real progress at the Durban climate change conference in 2011—postponing effective action until at least 2020—has many causes, one of which is the … read more »
Tropical deforestation accounts for almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and threatens the world’s most diverse ecosystems. The prevalence of illegal forest extraction in the … read more »
CO2 emissions and GDP are positively correlated over the business cycle. Most climate change researchers would agree with the preceding intuitive statement despite the absence of … read more »
Measuring consumption-based emissions and the implied embodied emissions in trade (EET) has seen a resurgence in recent years, with a growing number of papers reporting country-level … read more »
‘Green’ growth, ‘green’ jobs and labour markets read more »
This paper was updated in February 2013 This paper investigates the impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)on technological change. We exploit installations-level inclusion … read more »
The expansion of a given land use may affect deforestation directly if forests are cleared to free land for this use, or indirectly, via the displacement … read more »
Abstract of Working Paper 83 The purpose of this paper is to identify which of the world’s cereal producing regions are likely to become vulnerable to climate change over the 21st century by identifying those regions that will be Exposed to climatic stress; and Have a limited capacity to adapt. First, we use a global […]
Abstract of Working Paper 84 Fossil fuel depletion, energy security and climate change concerns have precipitated recent investment in biofuels. However, empirical case study data on the benefits and drawbacks of biofuels is lacking. This paper presents new integrated mixed-method multi-level assessments of the potential for inedible biodiesel crop Jatropha curcas to diversify livelihood strategies […]
This article examines the impact of environmental regulation within countries, as well as regulatory distance between countries on international technology transfer. read more »
