Working paper by Greer Gosnell on 22 May 2017
This paper explores the potential for environmental information and dissonance-inducing messaging to encourage resourceful behaviour, following a study of customers of a renewable energy provider in the UK. It uses … read more »
Research article by Ben Wood, Claire Quinn, Lindsay Stringer, Andy Dougill on 18 May 2017
Governments and donors are investing in climate compatible development in order to reduce climate and development vulnerabilities. However, the rate at which climate compatible development is being operationalised has outpaced academic enquiry into the concept. Interventions aiming to achieve climate compatible development “wins” (for development, mitigation, adaptation) can also create negative side-effects. Moreover, benefits and […]
Working paper by François Cohen, Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 15 May 2017
In this paper the authors examine the heterogeneous impact of temperature shocks on mortality across income groups in Mexico using individual death records (1998–2010) and Census data. Random variation in … read more »
Research article by Astrid Dannenberg, Sonja Zitzelsberger, Alessandro Tavoni on 9 May 2017
Paper analyses the perceived success of the climate negotiations in a sample of 656 experts involved in international climate policy. read more »
Research article by Simon Dietz, Oliver Walker on 9 May 2017
Many insurance contracts are contingent on events such as hurricanes, terrorist attacks, or political upheavals, whose probabilities are ambiguous. This article offers a theory to underpin the large body … read more »
Policy publication by Michal Nachmany, Sam Fankhauser, Joana Setzer on 9 May 2017
About the report This report summarises key trends in climate change legislation and litigation. It is the sixth stock-take in a series of global Climate Legislation Studies that dates back … read more »
Policy publication by Swenja Surminski on 8 May 2017
Increased flood risk is a major challenge for Ireland, due to climate change and socio-economic trends such as changing land-use practices. This is putting pressure on existing strategies … read more »
Research article by Greer Gosnell, Alessandro Tavoni on 5 May 2017
The recent global climate change agreement in Paris leaves a wide gap between pledged and requisite emissions reductions in keeping with the commonly accepted 2 °C target. A recent strand of … read more »
Working paper by Jonathan Busch, Tim Foxon, Peter Taylor on 26 Apr 2017
The recent re-emergence of industrial policy as a legitimate pursuit of governments in Europe and the US has the potential to open up a new realm of policy action for climate change mitigation. This would aim to align efforts to secure national industrial opportunities with the development of low carbon industrial systems, in order to […]
Research article by Suraje Dessai on 26 Apr 2017
This paper seeks to understand why climate information is produced differently from country to country. To do this, we critically examined and compared the social and scientific values that shaped the production of three national climate scenarios in the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK. A comparative analysis of documentary materials and expert interviews linked to […]
