Thinking Aloud Tackling Climate Change Can the cities lead?
With Philipp Rode Center for Urban Green Spaces Vol. 1 No. 4, January 2014
Publication type: Policy publications
System responsiveness and the European Union Emissions Trading System
This paper argues in favour of a reform of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) that makes the system more responsive to unexpected price shocks. The paper proposed … read more »
UCL Green Economic Policy Commission, Final Report
December 2013 – External link to report
Greening the Recovery’ UCL Green Economic Policy Commission, Final Report,
– External link to report
Flood insurance and the Water Bill
Through the Water Bill, the Government is seeking powers to establish a new scheme for the provision of flood insurance. The proposed scheme, Flood Re, offers … read more »
Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK
Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK read more »
Climate change policies and the UK business sector: overview, impacts and suggestions for reform
The UK has a complex system of energy taxes which affect the business sector. Overlaps between taxes mean that carbon prices are uneven across sectors and fuels, and … read more »
Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate
The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the most comprehensive assessment of the physical science basis of climate change that has ever been written. … read more »
The British Feed-in Tariff for small renewable energy systems: Can it be made fairer?
The British Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, which launched in April 2010, pays £500 million each year to the owners of small scale renewable energy installations for the clean … read more »
Climate change and extreme weather events in developing countries. Future Risk: climate change and energy security – global challenges and implications
Chartered Insurance Institute, Centenary Future Risk Series: Report 3. Chartered Insurance Institute, London, UK. – Link to publisher