Publications

Renewable energy partnerships in development cooperation: Towards a relational theory of technical assistance

Working paper by Lena Kruckenberg on 6 Jan 2015

Recent decades have witnessed a surge in international programs set up to assist the transfer and application of renewable energy technologies (RETs) to low and lower-middle income countries. So far, such programmes have yielded a mixed record of success. While partnerships between international, national and local organisations have become the pre-eminent model for programme design […]

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Infrastructure transformation as a socio-technical process – Implications for the governance of energy distribution networks in the UK

Research article by Tim Foxon on 1 Jan 2015

This paper seeks to uncover and examine the complex set of governance challenges associated with transforming energy distribution networks, which play a key enabling role in a low carbon energy transition. We argue that, although the importance of such infrastructure networks to sustainability and low carbon transitions in the energy, water and mobility sectors is […]

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Energy model, boundary object and societal lens: 35 years of the MARKAL model in the UK

Research article by Peter Taylor, Paul Upham on 27 Dec 2014

Taylor PG, Upham P, McDowall W, Christopherson D. In: Energy Research and Social Science, vol. 4, pp.32-41. 2014. Abstract Technical energy models operate within social systems and those that perform particular social as well as technical functions are more likely to be used. We illustrate this with the example of the MARKAL energy system model […]

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Submission to the inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change on ‘ Fuelling the debate: Committee successes and future challenges ’

Policy publication by Chris Duffy, Sam Fankhauser, Bob Ward, Dimitri Zenghelis, Ajay Gambhir on 20 Dec 2014

Outlines the main energy and climate change challenges in the UK over the next five-year term read more »

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Submission to inquiry on ‘Environmental risks of fracking’ by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee

Policy publication by Sam Fankhauser, Bob Ward, Dimitri Zenghelis, Neil Hirst on 20 Dec 2014

This is a submission by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and … read more »

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Social vulnerability in three high-poverty climate change hot spots: What does the climate change literature tell us?

Research article by Declan Conway on 20 Dec 2014

This paper reviews the state of knowledge on social vulnerability to climate change in three hot spots (deltas, semi-arid regions and snowpack- or glacier-fed river basins) in Africa, Central Asia and South Asia, using elements of systematic review methods. read more »

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Public perception of climate risk and adaptation in the UK: A review of the literature

Research article by Andrea Taylor, Suraje Dessai, Wändi Bruine de Bruin on 19 Dec 2014

Taylor, AL, Dessai, S and Bruine de Bruin, W (2014). In: Climate Risk Management, 4-5. 1 – 16. ISSN 2212-0963

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Urban development and air pollution: Evidence from a global panel of cities

Working paper by Charles Palmer, Christian Hilber on 19 Dec 2014

Study examines air pollution concentration in 75 urban areas between 2005 and 2011. Focuses specifically on the impacts of changes in the urban environment and transportation mode on pollution. A … read more »

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The Role of Insurance in Reducing Direct Risk – The Case of Flood Insurance

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 18 Dec 2014

This article explores the current understanding of flood insurance with a specific focus on the ability of flood insurance to contribute to direct risk reduction. read more »

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Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models

Research article by Alex Bowen, Emanuele Campiglio on 16 Dec 2014

Integrated assessment models can help in quantifying the implications of international climate agreements and regional climate action. This paper reviews scenario results from model intercomparison projects to explore different … read more »

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