Book by Nicholas Stern on 1 Mar 2015
Nicholas Stern argues that the risks and costs of climate change are worse than estimated in the landmark Stern Review in 2006—and far worse than implied by standard economic models. read more »
Research article by Stephen Whitfield, Andy Dougill, Felix Kalaba, J. Leventon, Lindsay Stringer on 1 Mar 2015
Whitfield, S., Dougill, A. J., Dyer, J. C., Kalaba, F. K., Leventon, J., & Stringer, L. C. (2015).Geoforum, 60, pp133-142.
Research article by Hayley Leck on 27 Feb 2015
Municipal or local government climate governance has attracted much research attention with a proliferation of literature investigating institutional enablers and barriers to climate action. This paper addresses a gap in this literature through considering critically the role of informal/shadow systems and spaces; the significant inner social workings that constitute what we call the ‘invisible aspects’ of municipal institutions for learning and decision-making processes. read more »
Research article by Philip Antwi-Agyei on 20 Feb 2015
Hogarh, J. N., Antwi-Agyei, P., Terlabie, J. L., Boakye, O., & Addo-Fordjour, P. (2015). In: Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 3(2), 30-35. Link to article
Research article by Amelia Sharman, Candice Howarth on 19 Feb 2015
This paper critically reviews the literature on climate opinion labels, and the efforts taken within an academic context to categorize differences, create new taxonomies of more detailed sub‐labels, or create or argue for the use of new labels such as denier or contrarian. read more »
Working paper by Ralph Hippe on 18 Feb 2015
The invention of a new ICT, the printing press, may have been a fundamental turning point in knowledge transition. But did Gutenberg’s printing press succeed in Europe because of, or … read more »
Working paper by Magnus Söderberg, Matthieu Glachant on 17 Feb 2015
It is commonly believed that large energy efficiency gaps exist in the energy-using durables markets. We develop a broad analytical framework capturing consumer purchase behavior and suppliers’ pricing and innovation … read more »
Research article by Sam Fankhauser on 13 Feb 2015
Eyckmans, J., S. Fankhauser, and S. Kverndokk (2015). In Environmental and Resource Economics
Presentations and data by Luca Taschini on 10 Feb 2015
Presentation given at the Cumberland Lodge Workshop organised by the European Institute at the LSE. read more »
Research article by on 10 Feb 2015
The decision of whether to retain forest or convert to another land use is affected by uncertainty over future land use returns. This paper examines the design of conservation payments to landowners under uncertainty. Payments are either indexed to the returns from deforestation (agriculture), or to a market value associated with forest nonuse benefits. Payment size depends on the degree of correlation between payments and agricultural returns, and their relative volatility. Market-based payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) are simulated for Brazilian soybean growers. Payments indexed to carbon prices are larger than those indexed to international soybean prices. (JEL Q23, Q24) read more »
