Publications

Liquid Petroleum Gas Access and Consumption Expenditure: Measuring Energy Poverty through Wellbeing and Gender Equality in India

Working paper by Dhilanveer Teja Singh Bahi, Jouni Paavola on 22 Aug 2023

Despite the acceleration of electrification in India, many communities still suffer from the direct and indirect effects of energy poverty. This paper investigates whether access to liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and consumption expenditure can be used as measures of energy poverty in India, with a particular focus on gender equality.

Submission to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Call for Evidence on the International Development Strategy

Policy publication by Rob Macquarie, Declan Conway, Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Sara Mehryar, Viktor Rözer, Nicholas Stern, Swenja Surminski, Bob Ward on 25 Nov 2021

A submission based on work from across the Grantham Research Institute to the FCDO’s recent call for evidence to inform the UK’s forthcoming International Development Strategy.

A time for action on climate change and a time for change in economics

Working paper by Nicholas Stern on 26 Oct 2021

15 years on from the Stern Review, here Nicholas Stern argues that the COVID-19 and climate crises, and the weaknesses that produced them, should be tackled together and that the response must be a new sustainable, resilient and inclusive approach to growth and development.

It takes two to dance: Institutional dynamics and climate-related financial policies

Working paper by Moritz Baer, Emanuele Campiglio, Jérôme Deyris on 22 Apr 2021

This paper studies how institutional dynamics might affect the implementation of climate-related financial policies and discusses the scenarios that might originate from the current institutional setting.

Applying a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to identify ecosystem service trade-offs under four different land uses in Botswana’s Kalahari rangelands

Policy publication by Nicola Favretto, Lindsay Stringer, Andy Dougill on 8 Dec 2020

Favretto N, Stringer LC, Dougill AJ. 2014. Applying a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to identify ecosystem service trade-offs under four different land uses in Botswana’s Kalahari rangelands. Policy brief for the ELD Initiative. http://eld-initiative.org/fileadmin/pdf/ELD-Two_pager_Botswana.pdf.

Practitioner’s Guide: Pathways and options for action and stakeholder engagement, based on the 2015 ELD Massive Open Online Course “Stakeholder Engagement”

Policy publication by Nicola Favretto, Mark Reed, Sarah Buckmaster on 8 Dec 2020

Musekamp C, Quillérou E, Favretto N, Falk T, Salha A, Schmidt L, Reed M, Buckmaster S. 2015. Practitioner’s Guide: Pathways and options for action and stakeholder engagement, based on the 2015 ELD Massive Open Online Course “Stakeholder Engagement”. http://eld-initiative.org/

A 6+1 step approach to assess the economics of land management

Policy publication by Nicola Favretto on 8 Dec 2020

Favretto N, Quillérou E, Etter H. 2015. A 6+1 step approach to assess the economics of land management. ELD Initiative, GIZ: Germany. http://eld-initiative.org/fileadmin/pdf/ELD-UserGuide_07_web.pdf

The value of land: Prosperous lands and positive rewards through sustainable land management

Policy publication by Nicola Favretto on 8 Dec 2020

ELD Initiative (Favretto N: coordination and co-author). 2015. The value of land: Prosperous lands and positive rewards through sustainable land management. ELD Initiative, GIZ: Germany. http://www.eld-initiative.org/fileadmin/pdf/ELD-main-report_en_10_web_72dpi.pdf.

Sustainable Development Goals and the Economics of Land Degradation

Policy publication by Nicola Favretto on 8 Dec 2020

Favretto N. 2017. Sustainable Development Goals and the Economics of Land Degradation. UNU-INWEH Policy Brief. United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health: Hamilton, Canada. https://inweh.unu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Policy-Brief_Issue01.pdf.

The economics of land policy, planning and practice

Policy publication by Nicola Favretto, Martin Dallimer, Richard Thomas on 8 Dec 2020

Favretto N, Dallimer M, Johnson I, Kubiszweski I, Etter H, Thomas R. 2017. The economics of land policy, planning and practice. Global Land Outlook Working Paper. UNCCD: Germany. https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/xSUibZNa