Publications

Can CDM finance energy access in Least Developed Countries? Evidence from Tanzania

Research article by Benjamin T. Wood, Susannah Mary Sallu, Jouni Paavola on 16 Apr 2015

Policy documents and academic literature suggest that Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) finance could complement traditional ‘energy access’ (EA) funding in developing countries, including the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Yet these propositions have not been empirically tested. This study helps fill this gap by examining constraints to CDM project passage through five stages of an idealized […]

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The climate beta

Working paper by Simon Dietz, Louise Kessler, Christian Gollier on 15 Apr 2015

This paper examines the question of whether fighting climate change has the additional advantage of reducing the aggregate risk borne by future generations. This raises the question of the ‘climate beta’, i.e. the elasticity of climate damages with respect to a change in aggregate consumption. read more »

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Crop productivity and adaptation to climate change in Pakistan

Working paper by Ben Groom, Ali Dehlavi on 10 Apr 2015

This paper investigates whether there are productive benefits for farmers who adapt to climate change in Pakistan. read more »

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Transaction costs, power, and multi-level forest governance in Indonesia

Research article by Monica Di Gregorio on 10 Apr 2015

Gallemore C; Di Gregorio M; Moeliono M; Brockhaus M; Prasti H RD (2015). In: Ecological Economics, 114, pp.168-179.

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Energy Policies Influenced by Energy Systems Modelling—Case Studies in UK, Ireland, Portugal and G8

Research article by Peter Taylor on 7 Apr 2015

Chiodi A, Taylor PG, Seixas J, Simeões S, Fortes P, Gouveia JP, Dias L, Gallachóxir B. In: Giannakidis G; Labriet M; Ó Gallachóir B; Tosato G (ed.) Informing Energy and Climate Policies Using Energy Systems Models, vol. 30, pp.15-41. Springer. 2015.

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Fuel poverty from the bottom-up: Characterising household energy vulnerability through the lived experience of the fuel poor

Research article by on 30 Mar 2015

Lucie Middlemiss and Ross Gillard (2015). In Energy Research & Social Science. Volume 6, March 2015, Pages 146–154

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Novel and improved insurance instruments for risk reduction

Working paper by Swenja Surminski, Florence Crick, Jillian Eldridge, Paul Hudson, Jeroen Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Jaroslav Mysiak, Carlos Dionisio Pérez-Blanco, Francisco Rego, Robin Nicolai, Carlos Neto, Reinhard Mechler, António Macedo, Anna Lorant, Conceição Colaço on 30 Mar 2015

In the context of natural disaster insurance and risk reduction this paper looks at how to assess existing insurance offerings and how to design new schemes. read more »

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Understanding climate adaptation and transformation challenges in African cities

Research article by Hayley Leck on 29 Mar 2015

This critical assessment of climate adaptation and transformation challenges, agendas and actions across Africa draws on the principal findings and analyses of the papers in this special issue of COSUST. read more »

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Beyond carbon pricing: The role of banking and monetary policy in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy

Research article by Emanuele Campiglio on 27 Mar 2015

It is widely acknowledged that introducing a price on carbon represents a crucial precondition for filling the current gap in low-carbon investment. However, as this paper argues, carbon pricing in … read more »

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Book review |Climate Shock: The economic consequences of a hotter planet, by Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 26 Mar 2015

Swenja Surminski on how the wait and see policy of businesses is not enough when it comes to global warming read more »

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