Crop switching reduces agricultural losses from climate change in the United States by half under RCP 8.5
A key strategy for agriculture to adapt to climate change is by switching crops and relocating crop production. We develop…
Publication type: Research articles
Evolution of national climate adaptation agendas in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: the role of national leadership and international donors
In this paper, we use an inductive approach and longitudinal analysis to explore political influences on the emergence and evolution…
Global Lessons from Climate Change Legislation and Litigation
There is no country in the world that does not have at least one law or policy dealing with climate…
Characterising the water-energy-food nexus in Kuwait and the Gulf region
Economic challenges as a result of the recent fluctuations in oil prices have exposed unprecedented risks to Kuwait and the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, including securing long-term sustainable … read more »
Adding fuel to fire? Social spillovers in the adoption of LPG in India
This paper focuses on the Indian context and investigates, over a relatively long time-frame, whether social spillover effects might have played a role in a household’s decision to use LPG, and how these effects varied across different sub-populations. read more »
The role of power prices in structural transformation: Evidence from the Philippines
The Philippines provides an extreme example of Rodrik’s observation that late developing countries experience deindustrialization at lower levels of per capita income than more advanced economies. Previous studies point … read more »
Do energy efficiency standards hurt consumers? Evidence from household appliance sales
We build novel welfare-based price indices for major household appliances that leverage changes in same-model prices and how consumers substitute between exiting, continuing and new models. We then evaluate … read more »
Subnational Leaders and Diplomacy
Subnational diplomacy has become an increasingly important part of foreign policy and international relations. This observation concerns a state of affairs that is not necessarily obvious or given. First, by … read more »
‘A very human business’—Transnational networking initiatives and domestic climate action
The past two decades have witnessed a proliferation of transnational networking initiatives aimed at addressing climate change. Previous work has suggested that these initiatives largely achieve their governance functions … read more »
Designing industrial strategy for a low carbon transformation
The recent re-emergence of industrial policy as a legitimate pursuit of governments in Europe and the US has the potential to open up a new realm of policy action for climate change mitigation. This would aim to align efforts to secure national industrial opportunities with the development of low carbon industrial systems, so as to […]