The three-phases of research and engagement (2008–2023) of the ESRC-funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) ended in December 2023. All CCCEP publications are available on this legacy website. Any new outputs will be uploaded to the site between 2024 and 2028.

Publications





Development goals: Science alone cannot shape sustainability

Research article by Suraje Dessai, Stavros Afionis, James Van Alstine on 3 Jan 2013

We agree that science can and should inform the sustainable development goals agreed at the Rio+20 conference (G. Glaser Nature 491, 35; 2012). But basing policy decisions on science alone may be unproductive. Experience indicates that political receptiveness to scientific advice is essential for shaping policy. Climate-change policy-makers, for example, continually receive new technical and […]


Political competition, learning and the consequences of heterogeneous beliefs for long-run public projects

Working paper by Antony Millner, Hélène Ollivier, Leo Simon on 1 Jan 2013

Abstract of Working Paper 122 An incumbent political party, who cares only about voters’ welfare, faces future political competition from a similarly well-intentioned party whose beliefs about the consequences of a `long-run’ public policy are different from its own. We show that when the incumbent can endogenously influence whether learning occurs (active learning), future political […]



Regime shifts in a social-ecological system

Working paper by Alessandro Tavoni, Steven Lade, Simon Levin, Maja Schlüter on 1 Jan 2013

Ecological regime shifts are rarely purely ecological. Not only is the regime shift frequently triggered by human activity, but the responses of relevant actors to ecological … read more »



Farmer participation in the Equitable Payments for Watershed Services in Morogoro, Tanzania

Working paper by Emmanuel Kwayu, Susannah Mary Sallu, Jouni Paavola on 1 Jan 2013

Abstract of Working Paper 123 This article contributes to the limited empirical evidence on the determinants of landowners’ participation decision in land use-modifying (active agricultural land) Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programmes in developing countries. It examines how resource manager characteristics, the features of a PES program, and the institutional context of its implementation determine […]