Policy publication by Bob Ward on 6 Jan 2016
Lettter from Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director of the Institute, raises concerns about “inaccurate and misleading claims” in the testimony submitted by Dr Bjorn Lomborg to the House of … read more »
Working paper by Louise Kessler on 15 Dec 2015
The permafrost carbon feedback is not currently taken into account in economic assessments of climate change, yet it could have important implications for the social cost of carbon and the … read more »
Working paper by Antony Millner, Geoffrey Heal on 15 Dec 2015
We study collective choice when individuals have heterogeneous discounted utilitarian preferences. Two attractive properties of intertemporal preferences are indistinguishable for individuals, but have dramatically dierent implications for collective choice. Time … 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 »
Working paper by Oliver Bettis, Simon Dietz, Nick Silver on 17 Nov 2015
How large a risk is society prepared to run with the climate system? One perspective on this is to compare the risk that the world is running with the climate … read more »
Working paper by Gerald Yiran, Lindsay Stringer, Emmanuel Attua, Andrew Evans, Andy Challinor, Edwin Gyasi on 17 Nov 2015
This paper presents an analysis of the spatial dimension of vulnerabilities by mapping vulnerability of sectors that support livelihood activities at a single snapshot in time, using the Upper East Region of Ghana as a case study.
Research article by Andrea Taylor, Suraje Dessai, Wändi Bruine de Bruin on 10 Nov 2015
Seasonal climate forecasts of European winters now outperform historical averages.If the quality of seasonal and interannual forecasts continues to improve, their use is likely to increase. A challenge for forecast providers will be to communicate the uncertainty inherent in these forecasts to a wider audience. We report the results of a user-needs survey conducted with […]
Research article by Susanne Lorenz, Suraje Dessai, Piers Forster, Jouni Paavola on 10 Nov 2015
Visualisations are widely used in the communication of climate projections but their effectiveness has rarely been assessed amongst their target audience. To address this we conducted an online survey with 162 local adaptation practitioners in Germany and the UK. We showed that even within a fairly homogenous user group there are clear differences in respondents’ […]
Policy publication by Lenny Smith, Swenja Surminski, Lyn Grove on 10 Nov 2015
Findings of a five-year research project tracking the impact of climate change on the insurance sector.
Research article by on 10 Nov 2015
We apply an experimental ecosystem accounting approach aimed at estimating the contribution of ecosystem services to total social income accrued from a Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) forest as the … read more »
