Publications

How do sectoral policies support climate compatible development? An empirical analysis focusing on southern Africa,

Research article by Matthew England, Lindsay Stringer, Andy Dougill, Stavros Afionis on 18 Oct 2017

Promoting inclusive and sustainable economic and social development whilst simultaneously adapting to climate change impacts and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions – Climate Compatible Development (CCD) – requires coherent policy approaches that span multiple sectors. This paper develops and applies a qualitative content analysis to assess national sector policies of ten southern African countries to determine […]

Economic growth and development with low-carbon energy

Research article by Sam Fankhauser, Frank Jotzo on 10 Oct 2017

Energy is needed for economic growth, and access to cheap, reliable energy is an essential development objective. Historically most incremental energy demand has been met through fossil fuels; however, … read more »

Promoting flood risk reduction: The role of insurance in Germany and England

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 5 Oct 2017

Improving society’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from flooding requires integrated, anticipatory flood risk management (FRM). However, most countries still focus their efforts on responding to … read more »

Geoengineering at the ‘edge of the world’: exploring perceptions of ocean fertilization through the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation

Working paper by Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Mike Hulme on 28 Sep 2017

This paper describes an opportunistic case study of the 2012 Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation’s ocean fertilization project. Anchored in notions of place and identity, the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation marks a novel entry point into social research on geoengineering, which enables a more situated engagement with ocean fertilization, in keeping with geographical traditions. The paper […]

The effects of home energy efficiency upgrades on social housing tenants: evidence from Ireland

Working paper by Bryan Coyne, Sean Lyons, Daire McCoy on 28 Sep 2017

This research examines the impact of a home energy efficiency upgrade programme on social housing
tenants, drawing from a sample from a large home energy efficiency programme in Ireland, the SEAI Better Energy Communities Scheme. read more »

Uncertainty and ambiguity in environmental economics: conceptual issues

Working paper by Geoffrey Heal, Antony Millner on 26 Sep 2017

When it comes to climate change and biodiversity loss, standard decision-making tools may no longer capture important aspects of our uncertainty preferences. Richer models of decision-making, which allow us to express lack of confidence in our information, may be more desirable. read more »

Consumer surplus from energy transitions

Working paper by Roger Fouquet on 26 Sep 2017

This paper estimates the consumer surplus associated with heating, transport and lighting over more than 200 years and identifies the gains from a number of key energy transitions. read more »

Energy policy and the power sector in the long run

Working paper by Baran Doda, Sam Fankhauser on 26 Sep 2017

This paper simulates the distributional consequences of alternative carbon emission reduction policies on power producers and finds that that a carbon tax outperforms all other instruments and does not reduce the profits of carbon-free generators. read more »

Insurance, public assistance and household flood risk reduction: a comparative study of Austria, England and Romania

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 4 Sep 2017

In light of increasing losses from floods many researchers and policy makers are looking for ways to encourage flood risk reduction among communities, business, and households. In this study … read more »

A theory of gains from trade in multilaterally linked ETSs

Working paper by Baran Doda, Simon Quemin, Luca Taschini on 4 Sep 2017

A patchwork of emissions trading systems (ETSs) currently operate in several jurisdictions, including the EU, Switzerland, South Korea and several US states and Canadian provinces. China has also been experimenting … read more »