Publications

Companies on the scale: Comparing and benchmarking the sustainability performance of businesses

Research article by Thomas Wiedmann, John Barrett, Manfred Lenzen on 3 May 2009

A determination of the sustainability performance of a company ought to fulfill certain requirements. It has to take into account the direct impacts from on-site processes as well as indirect impacts embodied in the supply chains of a company. This life cycle thinking is the common theme of popular footprint analyses, such as carbon, ecological, […]

The economics of the CDM levy: Revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects

Working paper by Sam Fankhauser on 1 May 2009

A levy on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and other carbon trading schemes is a potential source of finance for climate change adaptation. An adaptation levy … read more »

A surface energy perspective on climate change

Research article by Timothy Andrews, Piers Forster, Jonathan Gregory on 1 May 2009

Andrews, T., Forster, P.M., Gregory, J. May 2009. American Meteorological Society, v.22, pp.2557-2570.

The interplay of actors, scales, frameworks and regimes in the governance of biodiversity.

Research article by Jouni Paavola, Andy Gouldson, T. Kluvánková-Oravska on 30 Apr 2009

Paavola, J., Gouldson, A., and Kluvánková-Oravská, T. April 2009. Environmental Policy and Governance, v.19 (3).

Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century

Research article by David Lee, David W. Fahey, Piers Forster, Peter Newton, Ron Wite, Ling Lim, Bethan Owen, Robert Sausen on 19 Apr 2009

Lee, D.S., Fahey, D.W., Forster, P.M., Newton, P.J., Wit, R.C.N., Lim, L.L., Owen, B., and Sausen, R. July 2009. Atmospheric Environment, v.43.

The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review

Book by Dimitri Zenghelis on 18 Apr 2009

This report reviews the economics of climate change in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It confirms that the region is highly vulnerable to climate change, demonstrates that a wide range of adaptation measures are already being applied, and that it has great potential to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions globally. read more »

Preferences for change: Do individuals prefer voluntary actions, soft regulations or hard regulations to decrease fossil fuel consumption?

Research article by Shahzeen Z. Attari, Mary Schoen, Cliff I. Davidson, Michael L. DeKay, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Robyn Dawes, Mitchell J. Small on 15 Apr 2009

Attari, S., Schoen, M., Davidson, C., DeKay, M.L., Bruine de Bruin, W., Dawes, R. & Small, M. (2009). Ecological Economics, 68, 1701-1710.

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