Policy publication by Daire McCoy, Isabella Neuweg on 22 Nov 2017
This is a submission is in response to a call for evidence on the reform of the Green Deal framework. The Green Deal was the UK’s flagship programme to improve energy efficiency of the building stock. read more »
Policy publication by Patrick Curran, Sam Fankhauser, Robert Gross, Sini Matikainen, Bob Ward on 20 Nov 2017
The energy policies of recent UK governments have aimed to balance the three main contributors to the ‘trilemma’ of energy security, affordability and sustainability. However, the current Government … read more »
Research article by Catherine Vaughan, Suraje Dessai on 18 Nov 2017
Increasingly challenged by climate variability and change, many of the world’s governments have turned to climate services as a means to improve decision making and mitigate climate-related risk. While there have been some efforts to evaluate the economic impact of climate services, little is known about the contexts in which investments in climate services have […]
Research article by Uche Okpara, Lindsay Stringer, Andy Dougill on 18 Nov 2017
As river basin authorities and national governments develop policies to achieve sustainable development outcomes, conflicting signals between existing policies are undermining cross-thematic integrative modes of policy planning. This raises fundamental questions over how coherent portfolios of policy interventions across vital themes can best be advanced and managed. Taking the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) as an […]
Research article by Philip Antwi-Agyei, Andy Dougill, Lindsay Stringer on 18 Nov 2017
Climate Compatible Development (CCD) aims to deliver adaptation and mitigation without compromising development progress. To date, adaptation, mitigation and development related to key climate-sensitive sectors have often been treated separately. This paper uses qualitative document analysis, content analysis, expert interviews and a multi-stakeholder workshop to: examine the extent to which policies in climate-sensitive sectors align […]
Working paper by Lutz Sager on 17 Nov 2017
This paper analyses the relationship between the distribution of income and the carbon dioxide content of household consumption in the US, describing a potential ‘equity-pollution dilemma’ and proposing a method to quantify it. read more »
Working paper by Florence Crick, Shaikh Eskander, Sam Fankhauser, Mamadou Diop on 9 Nov 2017
This paper investigates the extent to which, and how, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in poor countries are adapting to climate risks, finding that the ability of firms to respond depends on factors that can be shaped through policy intervention. read more »
Policy publication by Michal Nachmany, Sam Fankhauser, Joana Setzer, Alina Averchenkova on 8 Nov 2017
Headline issues There are approximately 1,400 climate change-relevant laws worldwide, a twentyfold increase since 1997. Most countries have the legal basis on which further action can build – the challenge … read more »
