Working paper by Simon Dietz, Nicholas Stern on 16 Jun 2014
Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus’ framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions read more »
Working paper by Paul E. Brockway, John Barrett, Tim Foxon, Julia Steinberger on 1 Jun 2014
National exergy efficiency analysis relates to the quality of primary energy inputs to an economy with end useful work in sectoral energy uses such as transport, heat and electrical devices. This approach has been used by a range of authors to explore insights to macro-scale energy systems and linkages with economic growth. However, these studies use […]
Working paper by Rachel Berman, Claire Quinn, Jouni Paavola on 1 Jun 2014
Social support networks are considered important coping mechanisms in the literature, however not all households experience the same levels of inclusion in these networks. Understanding how support networks vary across climatic shocks is necessary to ensure that adaptation and development policies do not erode access to networks but few studies have investigated this phenomenon. We […]
Working paper by Xavier Vollenweider on 29 May 2014
This article introduces a new methodology to estimate climate exposure at the household’s level with the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) as its building block. As the probability distribution of … read more »
Working paper by Paul Collier, Anthony J. Venables on 11 May 2014
Climate policy required that much of the world’s reserves of fossil fuels remain unburned. This paper makes the case for implementing this directly through policy to … read more »
Working paper by Monica Di Gregorio, Maria Brockhaus, Tim Cronin, Efrian Muharrom, Sofi Mardiah, Levania Santoso on 7 Apr 2014
This paper investigates the main discourses around REDD+ as expressed by policy actors in the national media across seven REDD+ countries and assesses the extent to which these public discourses support or challenge the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. The data are position statements of policy actors on REDD+ reported in three national print […]
Working paper by Sam Fankhauser, Caterina Gennaioli on 3 Apr 2014
This paper analyses national and international factors that drive the adoption of legislation on climate change. Our unique dataset of climate laws identifies 419 pieces of … read more »
Working paper by on 2 Apr 2014
The adoption of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012: Central Framework as a UN statistical standard is a landmark in environmental accounting. The SEEA has the … read more »
Working paper by Andy Gouldson on 1 Apr 2014
This paper starts from the premise that our understanding of the extent to which, and of the conditions under which, we might rely on new or neoliberal forms of governance beyond the state to deliver particular public interest objectives is limited, especially when they seek to instigate changes in corporate behaviour. In response, we briefly […]
Working paper by Dirk-Jan van de Ven, Roger Fouquet on 1 Apr 2014
The purpose of this paper is to identify the changes in the impact of energy shocks on economic activity – with an interest in assessing if … read more »
