New clean technologies are urgently required to meet long-term global climate goals. Simulating the development of these technologies has become worldwide policy priority. This policy brief uses the … read more »
Lettter from Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director of the Institute, raises concerns about “inaccurate and misleading claims” in the testimony submitted by Dr Bjorn Lomborg to the House of … read more »
This report provides a short summary of assessment methodologies that have been used to evaluate different operational aspects and outcomes of existing trading schemes, a literature which to date draws primarily from the EU ETS experience. read more »
This paper fleshes out the definition of credibility and identifies its key determinants which respect to action on climate change. It then outlines a framework to assess the credibility of … read more »
This report is an output of an initiative funded by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) at the World Bank and led by the Overseas Development Institute … read more »
This report reviews the cost and carbon effectiveness of a wide range of the low carbon options that could be applied at the local level in households, industry, commerce and transport.
This policy paper was submitted to HM Treasury on 9th November 2015 in response to their consultation on Reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape. read more »
Adrian Fenton, Hannah Reid, Helena Wright and Saleemul Huq, 2015. IIED. External link to publication PDF
The purpose of this report is to perform for the first time an analysis of critical minerals for the OECD countries as a whole. In addition, this is done not only today, as previous reports have done, but also in 2030, in order to form an initial picture of how possible trends in economic development will affect which minerals are critical in the long-run future. read more »
Findings of a five-year research project tracking the impact of climate change on the insurance sector.
