Working paper by François Cohen, Matthieu Glachant, Magnus Söderberg on 1 Feb 2017
Using household-level data from the American Housing Survey, this paper assesses the cost of adapting housing to temperature increases. The authors account for both energy use adjustments and capital adjustments … read more »
Working paper by Greer Gosnell, John List, Robert Metcalfe on 31 Jan 2017
Understanding motivations in the workplace remains of utmost import as economies around the world rely on increases in labor productivity to foster sustainable economic growth. The authors of this paper … read more »
Working paper by Lina Brand Correa, Paul E. Brockway, Claire Carter, Tim Foxon, Peter Taylor on 27 Jan 2017
Concerns have been raised that declining energy return on investment (EROI) from fossil fuels and low levels of EROI for alternative energy sources could constrain the ability of national economies to continue to deliver economic growth and improvements in social wellbeing. However, in order to test these concerns on a national scale, there is a […]
Working paper by Francisco Pereira Fontes, Charles Palmer on 27 Jan 2017
This paper examines whether patterns of cattle intensification, deforestation, and pasture expansion in the Brazilian state of Rondonia are consistent with the land rent framework, in which location and distance to markets are key determinants of rents. A panel dataset of household lots, collected between 1996 and 2009, is used to test the hypothesis that […]
Policy publication by Bob Ward, Maria Carvalho on 24 Jan 2017
This submission to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s inquiry on Leaving the EU: negotiation priorities for energy and climate change policy focuses on the following questions: Which aspects … read more »
Working paper by Antony Millner, Daniel Heyen on 24 Jan 2017
How important is it to be able to predict the distant future? The authors of this paper study this question in a model of an agent who operates in a … read more »
Book by Stavros Afionis on 23 Jan 2017
The EU has been portrayed as a leader in international climate change negotiations. Its role in the development of the climate change regime, as well as the adoption of novel policy instruments such as the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in 2005, are frequently put forward as indicative of a determination to push the international climate […]
Research article by Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Monica Di Gregorio, Jouni Paavola, Intan Maya Sari, Leandra Fatorelli, Emilia Pramova, Bruno Locatelli, Maria Brockhaus, Sonya Dyah Kusumadewi on 23 Jan 2017
This article re-conceptualizes Climate Policy Integration (CPI) in the land use sector to highlight the need to assess the level of integration of mitigation and adaptation objectives and policies to minimize trade-offs and to exploit synergies. It suggests that effective CPI in the land use sector requires i) internal climate policy coherence between mitigation and […]
Research article by Rosalind Bark, Jouni Paavola, Viktoria Cologna on 23 Jan 2017
In the winter 2015/2016 a series of storms resulted in widespread flooding in northern England, damaging hundreds of properties, disrupting transport and causing public disdain. The flooding was widely covered in the media. This article develops a methodological framework to conceptualise factors influencing risk perception related to flood events, discusses the media’s role as amplifier […]
Research article by Frédéric Branger, Misato Sato on 18 Jan 2017
Branger, F. & Sato, M. Climatic Change (2017) 140: 483. doi:10.1007/s10584-016-1884-x
