Policy publication by Misato Sato on 15 Dec 2015
This report provides a short summary of assessment methodologies that have been used to evaluate different operational aspects and outcomes of existing trading schemes, a literature which to date draws primarily from the EU ETS experience. read more »
Research article by Declan Conway, Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 15 Dec 2015
This paper identifies over 50,000 patents filed worldwide in various water-related technologies between 1990 and 2010, distinguishing between those related to availability (supply) and conservation (demand) technologies. Patenting activity is … read more »
Policy publication by Alina Averchenkova on 8 Dec 2015
This paper fleshes out the definition of credibility and identifies its key determinants which respect to action on climate change. It then outlines a framework to assess the credibility of … read more »
Presentations and data by Alina Averchenkova on 8 Dec 2015
Presentation given at the Side event at COP21/CMP11 in Paris, France on 8 December 2015.
Policy publication by Swenja Surminski on 8 Dec 2015
This report is an output of an initiative funded by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) at the World Bank and led by the Overseas Development Institute … read more »
Working paper by Bob Ward on 1 Dec 2015
Lomborg (2015) suffers from a fundamental methodological flaw which means that it could not fulfil its aim, stated in the ‘Abstract’, to investigate “the temperature reduction impact of major climate … read more »
Research article by Matthew Hannon, Tim Foxon, William F. Gale on 1 Dec 2015
Product-Service Systems (PSSs) constitute a family of service-based business models designed to satisfy our societal needs in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. To date however PSS application has remained niche due to a variety of critical barriers. This paper explores how ‘demand pull’ national government policies could support PSS activity by addressing these barriers […]
Policy publication by Andy Gouldson, Joel Millward-Hopkins on 1 Dec 2015
This report reviews the cost and carbon effectiveness of a wide range of the low carbon options that could be applied at the local level in households, industry, commerce and transport.
Research article by Kate Scott, John Barrett on 1 Dec 2015
The growing geographic disconnect between consumption of goods, the extraction and processing of resources, and the environmental impacts associated with production activities makes it crucial to factor global trade into sustainability assessments. Using an empirically validated environmentally extended global trade model, we examine the relationship between two key resources underpinning economies and human well-being—energy and […]
Working paper by Monica Di Gregorio, Leandra Fatorelli, Maria Brockhaus, Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Emilia Pramova, Intan Maya Sari, Bruno Locatelli on 25 Nov 2015
Most of the climate policy integration literature focuses on mainstreaming mitigation OR adaptation into sectoral policies. Such approaches, however, tend to ignore possible interactions between climate change adaptation and mitigation, which are particularly important in the land use sector. This paper investigates climate policy integration and coherence in the forest and agricultural sectors in Indonesia. […]
