Publications

Evidence on business cycles and CO2 emissions

Research article by Baran Doda on 28 Jun 2014

CO2 emissions and GDP move together over the business cycle. Most climate change researchers would agree with this statement despite the absence of a study that formally analyzes the relationship between emissions and GDP at business cycle frequencies. The paper provides a rigorous empirical analysis of this relationship in a comprehensive cross-country panel by decomposing the emissions and GDP series into their growth and cyclical components using the HP filter. read more »

Long run demand for energy services: income and price elasticities over 200 years

Research article by Roger Fouquet on 27 Jun 2014

Data Set on the Consumption of Energy and Energy Services (1300-2008). Fouquet, R. (2014) Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 8(2).
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Natural capital accounting and climate change

Research article by Matthew Agarwala on 25 Jun 2014

Governments and businesses are beginning to account for natural capital, but must collaborate to promote sustainability, combat climate change and improve decision-making. read more »

A UK ‘dash’ for smart gas poster

Presentations and data by Bob Ward on 25 Jun 2014

UK dash for shale gas poster read more »

The structural shift to green services: A two-sector growth model with public capital and open-access resources

Research article by Emanuele Campiglio on 24 Jun 2014

An expansion of economic activities with low impact on ecological resources is a crucial component of the transition to a low-carbon society. “Green” structural change is analysed here through a model with a “progressive” manufacturing sector and a “stagnant” service sector. read more »

Product level embodied carbon flows in bilateral trade

Research article by Misato Sato on 18 Jun 2014

As increasingly complex modelling approaches to quantifying embodied carbon in trade have become popular, the lack of disaggregation has been identified as a key weakness. This paper quantifies embodied carbon in bilateral trade at the product level. read more »

Private-sector role in reducing emissions

Presentations and data by Alina Averchenkova on 16 Jun 2014

Alina Averchenkova presented at the 3rd meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity-building at the Bonn Climate Change Conference on 12 June 2014. Alina’s presentation focused on the experience with … read more »

Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus’ framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions

Working paper by Simon Dietz, Nicholas Stern on 16 Jun 2014

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Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather-related changes in the United Kingdom

Research article by Andrea Taylor, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Suraje Dessai on 14 Jun 2014

Taylor A; Bruine De Bruin W; Dessai S (2014). In: Risk Analysis, 34, pp.1995-2004. doi: 10.1111/risa.12234

Migrating to tackle climate variability and change? Insights from coastal fishing communities in Bangladesh

Research article by Susannah Mary Sallu, Monirul Islam, Klaus Hubacek, Jouni Paavola on 2 Jun 2014

There is an on-going debate about climate-induced migration but little empirical evidence. We examine how climate-induced migration has impacted vulnerability and adaptation of a coastal fishing community in Bangladesh. We used household surveys, interviews and focus group discussions to compare fishery dependent households who migrated from Kutubdia Island to mainland with those who stayed behind. […]