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 »
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 »
Research article by Bob Ward, Nicholas Stern on 14 Dec 2014
Rockström, J., Brasseur, G., Hoskins, B., Lucht, W., Schellnhuber, J., Kabat, P., Nakicenovic, N., Gong, P., Schlosser, P., Máñez Costa, M., Humble, A., Eyre, N., Gleick, P., James, R., Lucena, … read more »
Policy publication by Alina Averchenkova, Nicholas Stern, Dimitri Zenghelis on 11 Dec 2014
Countries are now seeking to reach a new international agreement on climate change, to be signed in Paris in December 2015. A key element of the international negotiations … read more »
Presentations and data by Alina Averchenkova on 8 Dec 2014
Presentation at the Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Congress of the Republic of Peru on 8 December read more »
Policy publication by Nicholas Stern on 8 Dec 2014
Paper explores 4 key elements on which an agreeement at the COP21 – Paris 2015 Climate Change talks could be based read more »
Presentations and data by Alina Averchenkova on 7 Dec 2014
Presentation give at the GLOBE COP20 Legislators Summit on 7 December 2014 in Lima. read more »
Working paper by Claire Quinn, Joanes Atela on 6 Dec 2014
Rules on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) are globally designed by multiple actors but the outcomes are implemented in developing countries. The coherence of resulting rules with developing country policy setting depends on the agency of these countries in the global process. This paper explores Africa’s (African States) agency in the global […]
Working paper by Petterson Molina Vale on 2 Dec 2014
More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow frontier, speculative behaviour and boom-bust all share the prediction that livestock production will … read more »
Research article by Anna Wesselink, Andy Gouldson on 1 Dec 2014
Although in recent years great emphasis has been placed on global agreements and national commitments on climate change, ultimately action on mitigation and adaptation must take place at the local level. Many local authorities have to face questions of whether they should develop policies on climate change, and if so, on what evidence should policies […]
