Publications

Exploring the agency of Africa in designing REDD+ and the associated implications for national level implementation

Working paper by Claire Quinn, Joanes Atela on 6 Dec 2014

Rules on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) are globally designed by multiple actors but the outcomes are implemented in developing countries. The coherence of resulting rules with developing country policy setting depends on the agency of these countries in the global process. This paper explores Africa’s (African States) agency in the global […]

How subnational governments are rescaling environmental governance: the case of the Brazilian state of São Paulo

Research article by Joana Setzer on 28 Nov 2014

Setzer, J. (2014). In: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. November 2014. DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2014.984669

Managing the climate commons at the nexus of ecology, behaviour and economics

Research article by Alessandro Tavoni, Simon Levin on 26 Nov 2014

Academic contributions to climate change policy have been constrained by methodological and terminological differences, so we discuss how programmes aimed at cross-disciplinary education and involvement in governance may help to unlock scholars’ potential to propose new solutions. read more »

Analysis of REDD policy networks in Peru

Policy publication by Mary Menton, Javier Perla, Juan Sotes, Leandra Fatorelli on 1 Nov 2014

Menton, M., Perla, J., Sotes, J., & Fatorelli, L. (2014) Info Brief, n. 86, Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research.

“This time is different”: The prospects for an effective climate agreement in Paris 2015

Policy publication by on 30 Oct 2014

COP21, to be held in Paris at the end of 2015, presents an important opportunity for governments to negotiate a new international climate agreement. A question of central importance to preparations for COP21 is: what sort of policy architecture is most likely to generate sufficiently ambitious action to reduce global emissions? read more »

How effective negotiation management promotes multilateral cooperation

Book by on 28 Oct 2014

The power of process in climate, trade, and biosafety negotiations read more »

Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs

Research article by Antony Millner on 7 Sep 2014

We model how heterogeneous beliefs about the uncertain consequences of long-run policy choices affect the incentives of incumbent governments. read more »

Nesting REDD+ into Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: what empirical lessons can be drawn?

Working paper by Claire Quinn, Peter Minang, Lalisa Duguma on 1 Jul 2014

There are diverse lessons that subnational projects designed to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) should learn from previous or existing integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs). An empirical understanding of how ICDP lessons on community engagement could inform REDD+ implementation is necessary especially if REDD+ policies/projects are to achieve effective forest resource […]

Strategies in Climate Negotiations: Theory and Experiments

Presentations and data by Alessandro Tavoni on 30 Jun 2014

Papers from the ‘Strategies in Climate Negotiations: Theory and Experiments’ session at the Fifth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists. Session chaired by Alessandro Tavoni, London School of Economics … read more »

Evolutionary escape from the climate dilemma: Comment on “Climate change governance, cooperation and self-organization” by Pacheco, Vasconcelos and Santos

Research article by Alessandro Tavoni on 30 Jun 2014

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