Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: A study drawing on patent data. Report for AFD (French Development Agency)

Research article by Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 18 Mar 2009

Accelerating the development of less GHG intensive technologies and promoting their global diffusion—in particular in fast-growing emerging economies—is imperative in achieving the transition to a low-carbon economy. read more »

On the timing of greenhouse gas emissions reductions: a final rejoinder to the symposium on “The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review and its Critics

Research article by Simon Dietz, Nicholas Stern on 17 Mar 2009

In this final rejoinder to the symposium on “The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review and Its Critics,” we respond to comments published in the last issue of this journal … read more »

Crops and climate change: progress, trends, and challenges in simulating impacts and informing adaptation

Research article by Andy Challinor, Frank Ewert, Steve Arnold, Elisabeth Simelton, Evan Fraser on 16 Mar 2009

Challinor, A. J., Ewert, F., Arnold, S., Simelton, E., and Fraser, E. March 2009. . Journal of Experimental Botany, v.60, pp.2775-2789. External link to full article

Crops and climate change: progress, trends and challenges in simulating impacts and informing adaptation

Research article by Andy Challinor, Frank Ewert, Steve Arnold, Elisabeth Simelton, Evan Fraser on 16 Mar 2009

Andy Challinor, Frank Ewert, Steve Arnold, Elisabeth Simelton, Evan Fraser July 2009. Journal of Experimental Botany, v.60, pp.2775-2789.

Reviewing the links between desertification and food insecurity: from parallel challenges to synergistic solutions.

Research article by Lindsay Stringer on 13 Mar 2009

Stringer, L. January 2009. Food Security, v.1, pp.113-126.

Unstable climates: Exploring the statistical and social constructions of ‘normal’ climate

Research article by Suraje Dessai on 5 Mar 2009

Hulme M; Dessai S; Lorenzoni I; Nelson DR (2009). In: Geoforum, 40, pp.197-206. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.09.010

Climate Change: A Reference Handbook.

Book by David L. Downie, Kate Brash, Catherine Vaughan on 3 Mar 2009

Downie, D.L., Brash, K., and Vaughan, C. 2009. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. 2009.

The economic crisis and the two great challenges of 21st century

Policy publication by Nicholas Stern on 1 Mar 2009

Economic crises, land use vulnerabilities, climate variability, food security and population declines: will history repeat itself or will our society adapt to climate change?

Working paper by Evan Fraser on 1 Mar 2009

Abstract of Working Paper 1 Although many of today’s ecological, climatic and socio-economic problems seem unprecedented, similar events have occurred in the past. Western Europe’s ‘middle ages’ (circa 11 to 14th century) may be one such case. By the 12th century, medieval Europe had shifted from the subsistence agrarian economy that emerged following the collapse […]

Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes from cropland soils ? climate opportunities and threats

Book by P. Falloon, P. Smith, R. Betts, C.D. Jones, J. Smith, D. Hemming, Andy Challinor on 25 Feb 2009

Falloon, P., Smith, P., Betts, R., Jones, C.D., Smith, J., Hemming, D., and Challinor, A.J. 2009. In S.N. Singh (Ed.), Climate Change and Crops, Environmental Science and Engineering, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp.81-111.