Publications

Understanding the Governance of Corporations: Linking theory and practice through an examination of the factors shaping UK supermarket strategies on climate change

Working paper by Andy Gouldson on 1 Apr 2014

This paper starts from the premise that our understanding of the extent to which, and of the conditions under which, we might rely on new or neoliberal forms of governance beyond the state to deliver particular public interest objectives is limited, especially when they seek to instigate changes in corporate behaviour. In response, we briefly […]

Historical energy price shocks and their changing effects on the economy

Working paper by Dirk-Jan van de Ven, Roger Fouquet on 1 Apr 2014

The purpose of this paper is to identify the changes in the impact of energy shocks on economic activity – with an interest in assessing if … read more »

Ex-post Evaluation of the Additionality of a Clean Development Mechanism Cogeneration Project in Uganda: the significance of changes in project financing and background economic conditions

Working paper by on 1 Apr 2014

In this paper I evaluate the additionality of a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) bagasse cogeneration project at Kakira Sugar Works (KSW) in Uganda using what I refer to as an … read more »

Urban Dynamics and the Challenges of Global Environmental Change in the South

Research article by Hayley Leck on 27 Mar 2014

Simon, D., and Leck, H. 2014. In Parnell, S., and Oldfield, S (eds.) A Routledge Handbook on Cities and the Global South, Routledge: London.

Managing unnatural disaster risk from climate extremes

Research article by Swenja Surminski on 26 Mar 2014

Mechler, R. Bouwer, R.M., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Aerts, J.C.J.H., Surminski, S., Williges, K. (2014): Managing unnatural disaster risk from climate extremes. Nature Climate Change 4, 235–237 (2014) External link to … read more »

Constraints and potentials of future irrigation water availability on agricultural production under climate change

Research article by on 20 Mar 2014

Elliott J., Deryng, D., Müller, C., et al. (2014). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9), pp.3239–3244.

Global crop yield response to extreme heat stress under multiple climate change futures

Research article by Declan Conway on 19 Mar 2014

This study applies the global crop model PEGASUS to quantify, for the first time at the global scale, impacts of extreme heat stress on maize, spring wheat and soybean yields resulting from 72 climate change scenarios for the 21st century. read more »

Modeling diffusion of energy innovations on a heterogeneous social network and approaches to integration of real-world data

Research article by Catherine Bale, Nicholas McCullen, Tim Foxon, Alastair Rucklidge, William Gale on 19 Mar 2014

Catherine S. E. Bale, Nicholas J. McCullen, Tim Foxon, Alastair M. Rucklidge and William F. Gale. July/August 2014. Complexity.

Walking alone? How the UK’s carbon targets compare with its competitors’

Policy publication by Sam Fankhauser, Michal Nachmany on 18 Mar 2014

The UK Government is reviewing the fourth carbon budget for the period 2023-27. The Committee on Climate Change has recommended that the budget, which was originally legislated in … read more »

Accounting for the Impact of Conservation on Human Well-Being

Research article by Matthew Agarwala on 18 Mar 2014

E.J. Milner-Gulland, J.A. McGregor, M. Agarwala, G. Atkinson, P. Bevan, T. Clements, T. Daw, K. Homewood, N. Kumpel, J. Lewis, S. Mourato, B. Palmer Fry, M. Redshaw, J.M. Rowcliffe, S. … read more »