Research article by Michal Nachmany on 31 Jan 2019
The past two decades have witnessed a proliferation of transnational networking initiatives aimed at addressing climate change. Previous work has suggested that these initiatives largely achieve their governance functions … read more »
Research article by Jonathan Busch, Tim Foxon, Peter Taylor on 29 Jan 2019
The recent re-emergence of industrial policy as a legitimate pursuit of governments in Europe and the US has the potential to open up a new realm of policy action for climate change mitigation. This would aim to align efforts to secure national industrial opportunities with the development of low carbon industrial systems, so as to […]
Research article by Monica Di Gregorio, Leandra Fatorelli, Jouni Paavola, Bruno Locatelli, Emilia Pramova, Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Maria Brockhaus, Sonya Dyah Kusumadewi, Intan Maya Sari, Peter May on 29 Jan 2019
This article proposes an innovative theoretical framework that combines institutional and policy network approaches to study multi-level governance. The framework is used to derive a number of propositions on how cross-level power imbalances shape communication and collaboration across multiple levels of governance. The framework is then applied to examine the nature of cross-level interactions in […]
Working paper by Simon Quemin, Raphaël Trotignon on 15 Jan 2019
The authors of this paper develop a model to assess the market stability reserve, a key feature of reforming the European Union’s emissions trading system (EU ETS), concluding that it is successful in raising the allowance price, but is limited in its ability to improve the system’s resilience to allowance demand shocks. read more »
Working paper by Linus Mattauch, Richard Millar, Frederick van der Ploeg, Armon Rezai, Anselm Schultes, Frank Venmans, Nico Bauer, Simon Dietz, Ottmar Edenhofer, Niall Farrell, Cameron Hepburn, Gunnar Luderer, Jacquelyn Pless, Fiona Spuler, Nicholas Stern, Alexander Teytelboym on 4 Jan 2019
The authors of this comment respond to a recent argument put forward by Lemoine and Rudik (2017), that it is efficient to delay reducing carbon emissions because there is substantial inertia in the climate system. Mattauch et al. show that there is no such inertia, which means there is no lag between carbon emissions and warming. read more »
Working paper by Linus Mattauch, Cameron Hepburn, Nicholas Stern on 17 Dec 2018
This paper explores the relationship between carbon prices and policies that change consumers’ preferences, concluding that taking the effects into account in economic models would enhance understanding of climate change mitigation policy, facilitating the transition to a low-carbon economy. read more »
Working paper by Daniel Heyen, Joshua Horton, Juan Moreno-Cruz on 14 Dec 2018
This research finds that the presence of counter-geoengineering would make the risk of unilateral action to cool the climate using solar geoengineering less likely, but not always with benign effects. read more »
Working paper by Misato Sato, Aurélien Saussay on 11 Dec 2018
The results of this paper show that upon deciding to invest, firms are attracted to regions that have lower energy prices. This supports arguments for better targeting leakage prevention measures to complement carbon pricing for energy-intensive industrial activities. read more »
Policy publication by on 10 Dec 2018
Remarks from Eddie Bernice Johnson (Ranking Member of the US Congressional House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology) to the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union Communicating Climate Change: … read more »
Policy publication by on 10 Dec 2018
In this letter Bob Ward invites the Congresswomen to support efforts by American climate researchers to engage with polticians on climate change.
