Publications – Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy

Distributional issues in natural capital accounting: An application to land ownership and ecosystem services in Scotland

Working paper by Giles Atkinson, Paola Ovando on 18 Nov 2020

This paper examines the significance of the ownership of natural capital in the context of natural capital accounting, illustrated with regard to two ecosystem services – carbon sequestration and air pollution removal – and a range of ecosystem types and land ownership in Scotland.

Submission to the the inquiry on ‘The future of the oil and gas industry’ by the House of Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs

Policy publication by Bob Ward, Maria Carvalho on 3 Jul 2018

The submission focuses on the implications for the oil and gas industry in the UK, including Scotland, of the transition to low-carbon economic growth. It calls for the Government’s Industrial Strategy to reconcile its ambitions for the sector with the ‘Clean Growth’ Grand Challenge. read more »