Working paper by Viktor Rözer, Swenja Surminski on 3 Nov 2020
The authors find that new homes built in economically deprived parts of England and Wales between 2008 and 2018 are more likely, compared with new housing in more affluent areas, to become exposed to high flood risk over their lifetime as a result of climate change.
Policy publication by Paola Sakai on 13 Jul 2020
On 4 March 2020 the House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee launched an inquiry scrutinising the Government’s plans for flood risk management in England. Building on the lessons learned from the 2019/20 winter weather, MPs will question the level of Government investment, the involvement of affected communities in decision making, and how […]
Policy publication by Paola Sakai on 16 Jun 2020
This new study from the UK flood affected areas looks at the economic costs of flooding on SMEs and proposes ways to increase their flood protection.
Working paper by Greer Gosnell, Daire McCoy on 26 May 2020
This paper describes an experiment on a nationally representative sample of UK households that aimed to quantify resistance to smart meter adoption and test for the existence of commonly cited market failures that inhibit the adoption of energy-saving technologies. The authors measured if households would adopt a smart meter without financial compensation and, for those households unwilling to do so, the subsidy level that would be necessary to persuade them. read more »
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 »
Working paper by Malvina Bondy, Sefi Roth, Lutz Sager on 26 Apr 2018
Using data for London, this research finds that elevated levels of air pollution have a positive and statistically significant impact on overall crime – and therefore that improving air quality in urban areas through tighter environmental policy may provide a cost-effective way to reduce crime. read more »
Policy publication by Sam Fankhauser, Alina Averchenkova, Jared J. Finnegan on 6 Apr 2018
This policy brief is a condensed version of our report on the Climate Change Act, summarising lessons for the UK and other countries, on how climate change legislation is best structured to be effective. read more »
Policy publication by Sam Fankhauser, Alina Averchenkova, Jared J. Finnegan on 30 Mar 2018
This report summarises lessons from the Climate Change Act, for the UK and other countries, on how climate change legislation is best structured to be effective. read more »
Policy publication by Isabella Neuweg, Misato Sato on 16 Jan 2018
This paper responds to a question on overcoming potential barriers to the uptake of recoverable heat technologies in industry in the UK Government’s call for evidence on the Industrial Heat Recovery Support programme. read more »
Policy publication by Bob Ward, Sini Matikainen on 8 Jan 2018
This is a submission by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of … read more »
