Publications

Land degradation, desertification and climate change: Anticipating, assessing and adapting to future change

Book by Mark Reed, Lindsay Stringer on 26 Apr 2016

Although much is known about the processes and effects of land degradation and climate change, little is understood about the links between them. Less still is known about how these processes are likely to interact in different social-ecological systems around the world, or how societies might be able to adapt to this twin challenge. This […]

Realising the ‘triple dividend of resilience’ – A new business case for disaster risk management

Book by Swenja Surminski on 1 Mar 2016

This book develops a new business case for investment based on the multiple dividends of resilience. This looks beyond only avoided losses (the first dividend) to the wider benefits gained independently of whether or not the disaster event occurs. These include unleashing entrepreneurial activities and productive investments by lowering the looming threat of losses from […]

Urbanization and Soil Nutrient Fluxes: Challenges and Opportunities for African cities

Book by on 3 Sep 2015

Mkwambisi, D.D., Dougill, A.J., and Antwi-Agyei, P. (2015). In: Land-Use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems. Francis Brearley and Andrew Thomas (Eds), CABI, Wallingford. Book Chapter.

Environment and sustainability

Book, Research article by Jouni Paavola on 29 May 2015

Many central concerns of social economics, such as embeddedness, plural values and social justice, are highly pertinent to environment and sustainability. Somewhat paradoxically, there has been relatively little research on environment and sustainability in the core social-economics research community. But this is not to say that social-economics research on the environment and sustainability does not […]

Emissions Markets and Products

Book by Luca Taschini on 10 Mar 2015

Chapter 5 in Andrea Roncoroni, Gianluca Fusai, and Mark Cummins (eds.) Handbook of Multi-Commodity Markets and Products: Structuring, Trading and Risk Management. Wiley, 2015 Link to publisher

Why are we waiting? The logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change

Book by Nicholas Stern on 1 Mar 2015

Nicholas Stern argues that the risks and costs of climate change are worse than estimated in the landmark Stern Review in 2006—and far worse than implied by standard economic models. read more »

Green growth

Book by Alex Bowen on 11 Nov 2014

Ch. 15 in Atkinson, G., Dietz, S., Neumayer, E., and M. Agarwala (Ed.s) (2014): Handbook of sustainable development, 2nd edition, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 978 1 78254 469 2. … 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 »

Handbook of Sustainable Development

Book by Simon Dietz, Matthew Agarwala on 8 Oct 2014

This Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved. read more »

Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and the governance of business, Handbook of Sustainable Development: Second Edition

Book Chapter, Book Chapter by Andy Gouldson, Stavros Afionis on 26 Sep 2014

Companies are hugely important actors in modern society and clearly have a critical role to play if we are to make the transition to a more sustainable economy and society. To some extent, it is hoped that their contribution to such a transition will be motivated by their commitments on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Such […]