Working paper by Andy Gouldson, Sarah Colenbrander, Andrew Sudmant, Joel Millward-Hopkins on 23 Jul 2015
Gouldson AP; Colenbrander S; Sudmant A; Godfrey N; Millward-Hopkins J; Fang W; Zhao X (2015), working paper for the New Climate Economy 2015 report.
Working paper by David Castells-Quintana, Maria del Pilar Lopez-Uribe on 20 Jul 2015
This paper looks at adaptation from the point of view of households. It asks how political and economic institutions may help or hinder adaptation decisions. read more »
Working paper by Susanne Lorenz, Piers Forster, Jouni Paavola, Suraje Dessai on 13 Jul 2015
An updated version of this paper is now available: Lorenz, S., Dessai, S., Forster, P.M., Paavola, J. (2016) Reg Environ Change. doi:10.1007/s10113-016-1030-3 Planning for adaptation to climate change is often regarded to be a local imperative and considered to be more effective if grounded on a solid evidence base and recognisant of relevant climate projections. […]
Working paper by on 13 Jul 2015
This paper finds that the vast majority of emissions cuts needed to decarbonise the global economy this century can lead to domestic economic benefits that outweigh the costs for individual countries, even before the avoided risks of dangerous climate change are taken into account. read more »
Working paper by David Castells-Quintana, Maria del Pilar Lopez-Uribe on 8 Jul 2015
This paper reviews the potential effects of climate change on the prospects for long-run economic development. Produced as part of the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies project. read more »
Working paper by Robert Falkner on 2 Jul 2015
This paper by Rober Falkner explores the the potential role that climate clubs might play in promoting global climate action. read more »
Working paper by Gerald Yiran, Lindsay Stringer on 6 Jun 2015
This paper examines current policy actions and their implementation alongside an assessment of barriers to local adaptation.
Working paper by Anne Tallontire, Lindsay Stringer, Robert Marchant on 6 Jun 2015
Carbon projects are often complex, contested and shrouded by concerns about fairness, particularly regarding the involvement and sharing of benefits to local communities and smallholders. Fairtrade International’s collaborative efforts to develop a standard to certify Fairtrade Carbon Credits (FCCs) warrants careful analysis of the multiple and competing notions of fairness, how to achieve it and […]
Working paper by Ben Groom, Mark C. Freeman, Frikk Nesje, Moritz Drupp on 5 Jun 2015
This working paper finds that current policy guidance concerning social discounting and the evaluation of long-term public projects needs to be updated. read more »
Working paper by Luca Taschini, Charles Palmer, Wolf Heinrich Reuter, Sabine Fuss, Johanna Wehkamp on 27 May 2015
REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation), broadened to REDD+, has recently emerged as a potentially important component of the global policy mix to mitigate climate change. In this … read more »
