Publications

Distributional impacts analysis of engineered Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies in the UK

Policy publication by Josh Burke, Esin Serin on 29 Jul 2021

The UK’s net-zero commitment assumes the use of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies, but there is little understanding of how they might be funded and who will bear the cost. This study prepared for the National Infrastructure Commission analyses how the distribution of costs for funding these technologies impacts society across income deciles.

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Taming the beasts of ‘burden-sharing’: an analysis of equitable mitigation actions and approaches to 2030 mitigation pledges

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 »

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Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change. Paper 2: economics and politics

Working paper by Nicholas Stern on 1 Jun 2012

Both intergenerational and intratemporal equity are central to the examination of policy towards climate change. However, many discussions of intergenerational issues have been marred by serious … read more »

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Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change. Paper 1: science and philosophy

Working paper by Nicholas Stern on 1 Jun 2012

This paper examines a broad range of ethical perspectives and principles relevant to the analysis of issues raised by the science of climate change and explores … read more »

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The equity-efficiency trade-off environmental policy: evidence from stated preferences

Research article by Simon Dietz on 19 Aug 2010

The design of environmental policy raises several equity issues, in particular the distribution of benefits and costs. At the same time, it has often been argued that there is … read more »

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