Spending adaptation money wisely
The discussions about adaptation finance have mostly been about process: how money should be raised and how adaptation spending should be governed and monitored. This paper … read more »
Topic: International negotiations and agreements
The survival of the conformist: social pressure and renewable resource management
This paper examines the role of other-regarding behavior as a mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable social and environmental … read more »
Inequality, communication and the avoidance of disastrous climate change
Paper 34 International efforts to provide global public goods often face the challenges of coordinating national contributions and distributing costs equitably in the face of uncertainty, inequality, and free-riding … read more »
Financing low carbon investment in developing countries: Public-private partnerships for implementation of NAMAs
KPMG, 2010 External link to report
Globalisation, neopluralism and multinodal politics
Reference Falkner, R. Globalisation, neopluralism and multinodal politics. December 2010. Journal of Power, v.3, pp.452-458.
International climate policy after Copenhagen: Towards a ‘building blocks’ approach
This article reviews the options for future international climate policy after the 2009 Copenhagen conference. It argues that a major reassessment of the current approach to building a climate … read more »
International climate policy after Copenhagen: towards a ‘building blocks’ approach
This paper asks what can be hoped for the international climate change negotiation process in the wake of the 2009 Copenhagen conference, and what should be … read more »
Business and global climate governance: a neo-plurist perspective. Business and Global Governance
Business plays a critical role in global climate politics; this is widely agreed upon in international relations and political economy. Whether we should view business primarily as blocking political … read more »
The outcomes of Copenhagen: The negotiations and the Accord
UNDP Environment & Energy Group climate Policy series, March 2010 – Download report from external website (PDF)
A Lockean defence of grandfathering emission rights
Reference Bovens, L. 2010. A Lockean defence of grandfathering emission rights (forthcoming). The Ethics of Global Climate Change [Denis Arnold (ed.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.