Working paper by Florence Crick, Mamadou Diop, Momadou Sow, Birame Diouf, Babacar Diouf, Joseph Muhwanga, Muna Dajani on 16 Dec 2016
Climate change poses increasing risks to economic growth and development efforts across the world. Semi-arid regions (SARs) are one of the hotpots that have been identified by the Intergovernmental Panel … read more »
Working paper by Elizabeth Morgan, Tim Foxon, Anne Tallontire on 14 Dec 2016
A series of voluntary business initiatives have been taken in Western Europe since 1997 to persuade consumers to wash their clothes in cooler water. This would contribute to reducing carbon emissions, as well as saving money for consumers, but these initiatives have had limited success. This paper uses a coevolutionary framework (Murmann 2003, 2013; Foxon, […]
Research article by Stefano Carattini, Alessandro Tavoni on 7 Dec 2016
This paper analyzes the decision of “green” economists to participate in the carbon offset market, and how this decision is related with the views that these experts hold on offsets. … read more »
Working paper by Andrea Baranzini, Nicolas Borzykowski, Stefano Carattini on 5 Dec 2016
Following the entry into force of the Paris Agreement in November 2016, governments around the world are now asked to turn their nationally determined contributions into concrete climate policies. Economic … read more »
Research article by Adrian Fenton, Jouni Paavola, Anne Tallontire on 4 Dec 2016
There is increasing interest in the potential of microfinance to foster climate change adaptation. However, existing literature over-relies upon theoretical arguments rather than empirical evidence, and until now the emphasis has been on potential positive linkages. We address these weaknesses by empirically examining the role of microfinance in adaptation, drawing from household-level quantitative and qualitative […]
Research article by Swenja Surminski on 2 Dec 2016
Surminski, Swenja (2016) Investigating the risk reduction potential of disaster insurance across Europe. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice . ISSN 1018-5895 (In Press)
Research article by Kai Monheim on 2 Dec 2016
The management of a multilateral negotiation has frequently played a crucial role in developing global regimes but is often ignored in International Relations theory. The long-awaited UN climate summit … read more »
Research article by Bruno Lanz, Simon Dietz, Tim Swanson on 2 Dec 2016
Lanz, Bruno, Dietz, Simon and Swanson, Tim (2016) Global population growth, technology and Malthusian constraints: a quantitative growth theoretic perspective. International Economic Review . ISSN 0020-6598 (In Press)
Research article by Stefano Carattini, Alessandro Tavoni on 30 Nov 2016
Abstract The market for voluntary carbon offsets has grown steadily in the last decade, yet it remains a very small niche. While 10% of greenhouse gas emissions generated by transportation are related to civil aviation, the use of offsets in this industry remains marginal for both leisure and business traveling. This paper exploits a unique […]
Research article by Matthieu Glachant, Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 25 Nov 2016
Little progress has been made in climate negotiations on technology since 1992. Yet the diffusion of climate change mitigation technologies to developing countries (non-Annex I) has increased dramatically over … read more »
