Publications



Promoting resilient economies by exploring insurance potential for facing coastal flooding and erosion: evidence from Italy, Spain, France and United Kingdom

Working paper by Osiel González Dávila, Mavra Stithou, Gianluca Pescaroli, Luca Pietrantoni, Pedro Díaz-Simal, Bénédicte Rulleau, Nabil Touli, François Hissel, Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Phoebe Koundouri on 1 Sep 2013

Insurance against natural perils such as flooding can be considered a significant element in coastal management. It can offer not only much-needed support to accelerate economic … read more »


Energy efficiency and economic growth: a coevolutionary perspective and implications for a low carbon transition

Working paper by Tim Foxon, Julia Steinberger on 1 Sep 2013

This paper reviews recent strands of work arguing that high quality energy inputs and their efficient conversion to useful work have been key drivers of economic growth. This is important for understanding how a low carbon transition could be achieved and resulting implications for economic growth. An increase in energy input costs, due to declining […]



Mapping the climate sceptical blogosphere

Working paper by Amelia Sharman on 1 Aug 2013

While mainstream scientific knowledge production has been extensively examined in the academic literature, comparatively little is known about alternative networks of scientific knowledge production. Online sources … read more »