Slowing climate change makes economic sense; cities to lead-study
Daily Mail, 16 September
Topic: International negotiations and agreements
Calderón: Climate change, economic growth possible
New report shows that countries can do both by spending wisely and using technology. read more »
Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs
We model how heterogeneous beliefs about the uncertain consequences of long-run policy choices affect the incentives of incumbent governments. read more »
Global warming impacts ‘severe, widespread, and irreversible’, UN warns
Urgent action needed to tackle man-made climate change, leaked report warns read more »
China sees growth in a cleaner environment
China — currently the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide — is emerging as a global leader in climate policy as it seeks to build a cleaner and more efficient economy. read more »
Australia’s carbon price repeal: the global context
With the repeal today of Australia’s two-year-old carbon pricing scheme, the Abbott Government has formalised Australia’s transition from climate laggard to climate wrecker. But just how serious a blow to global climate efforts is this repeal? read more »
Climate engineering offers little hope of mitigation
Injecting particles into the stratosphere to shade and cool the Earth will never stop climate change. This is the shocking claim made in the July issue of Nature Climate Change by an international group of prominent scientists read more »
Joana Setzer
Joana works on environmental and climate change multilevel governance, with focus on the international relations undertaken by subnational governments. She is currently working on the new edition of the GLOBE … read more »
Nesting REDD+ into Integrated Conservation and Development Projects: what empirical lessons can be drawn?
There are diverse lessons that subnational projects designed to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) should learn from previous or existing integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs). An empirical understanding of how ICDP lessons on community engagement could inform REDD+ implementation is necessary especially if REDD+ policies/projects are to achieve effective forest resource […]
Strategies in Climate Negotiations: Theory and Experiments
Papers from the ‘Strategies in Climate Negotiations: Theory and Experiments’ session at the Fifth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists. Session chaired by Alessandro Tavoni, London School of Economics … read more »