Working paper by Maria Waldinger on 19 May 2015
This synthesis paper informs the development community about the effects of climate change on migration patterns within and out of developing countries, concentrating on the economic aspects of migration. Empirical … read more »
Working paper by Amelia Sharman, Candice Howarth on 21 Apr 2015
This paper explores the polarised debate between climate scientists and sceptical voices. It concludes that focusing on overlapping rationales, such as a sense of duty to publicly engage and recognition that political factors are a key topic of disagreement, as well as encouraging individuals to think critically about their own beliefs, may help to encourage constructive discussion and reduce polarisation. read more »
Working paper by Simon Dietz, Louise Kessler, Christian Gollier on 15 Apr 2015
This paper examines the question of whether fighting climate change has the additional advantage of reducing the aggregate risk borne by future generations. This raises the question of the ‘climate beta’, i.e. the elasticity of climate damages with respect to a change in aggregate consumption. read more »
Working paper by Ben Groom, Ali Dehlavi on 10 Apr 2015
This paper investigates whether there are productive benefits for farmers who adapt to climate change in Pakistan. read more »
Working paper by Swenja Surminski, Florence Crick, Jillian Eldridge, Paul Hudson, Jeroen Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Jaroslav Mysiak, Carlos Dionisio Pérez-Blanco, Francisco Rego, Robin Nicolai, Carlos Neto, Reinhard Mechler, António Macedo, Anna Lorant, Conceição Colaço on 30 Mar 2015
In the context of natural disaster insurance and risk reduction this paper looks at how to assess existing insurance offerings and how to design new schemes. read more »
Presentations and data, Working paper by Misato Sato, Stefania Lovo, Gregor Singer, Damien Dussaux on 25 Mar 2015
New research analsying major trends in global energy prices and the extent to which energy prices are a good proxy for emissions policy stringency. New dataset available. read more »
Working paper by Alessandro Tavoni, Jungmin Lee, Doruk İriş on 20 Mar 2015
The provision of global public goods, such as climate change mitigation and managing fisheries to avoid overharvesting, requires the coordination of national contributions. read more »
Working paper by Ralph Hippe, Roger Fouquet on 17 Mar 2015
Paper seeks to investigate how industrialised economies managed to achieve the transition from low to high levels of human capital, and goes on to identify lessons for green growth. read more »
Working paper by Alex Bowen, Emanuele Campiglio, Sara Herreras Martinez on 16 Mar 2015
This study uses a number of Integrated Assessment Models to determine what the optimal financial transfers between high-income and developing economies would be if climate mitigation costs were to be divided equally across regions. read more »
Working paper by Alina Averchenkova, Florence Crick, Hayley Leck, Adriana Kocornik-Mina, Swenja Surminski on 11 Mar 2015
Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of all actors in society. Until recently, predominant research focus has been on governments, communities and the third sector as key actors in … read more »
