Working paper by Tim Foxon on 1 Nov 2009
Abstract of Working Paper 11 We provide a broad overview of the opportunities and challenges facing global climate change mitigation policy ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. Our paper begins with a brief review of the technological options for mitigating climate change by reducing, and substituting for, the use of […]
Working paper by on 1 Oct 2009
There is an increasing demand for putting a shadow price on the environment to guide public policy and incentivise private behaviour. In practice, setting that price … read more »
Working paper by Simon Dietz on 1 Sep 2009
To what extent does economic analysis of climate change depend on low-probability, high-impact events? This question has received a great deal of attention lately, with the … read more »
Working paper by on 1 Sep 2009
Although there is evidence that CO2-efficiency enhancing innovations in one country diffuse into other countries to contribute to the goals of climate change mitigation, very little … read more »
Working paper by Sam Fankhauser on 1 Sep 2009
Policy interest in the cost of adaptation is growing, but compared to the mitigation cost literature, adaptation cost research is still in its infancy. Global adaptation … read more »
Working paper by Ralf Martin on 1 Aug 2009
We estimate the impacts of an energy tax – the Climate Change Levy (CCL) – on the manufacturing sector using panel data from the UK production … read more »
Working paper by Simon Dietz on 1 Jul 2009
We compare two strategic policy reviews undertaken for the UK Government on environmental issues: radioactive waste management and climate change. These reviews took very different forms, … read more »
Working paper by on 1 Jul 2009
We propose a general way to craft public policy when there is no consensual account of the situation of interest. The design builds on an extension … read more »
Working paper by Sam Fankhauser, Cameron Hepburn on 1 Jul 2009
We analyse the design of carbon markets in time (intertemporally) and space (geographically) from first principles, starting initially with a relatively clean slate and asking what … read more »
Working paper by Sam Fankhauser on 1 Jun 2009
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol has a dual objective: to encourage low-cost emission reduction and to promote sustainable development in the host … read more »
