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The impacts of environmental regulations on competitiveness
This article reviews the empirical literature on the impacts of environmental regulations on firms’ competitiveness as measured by trade, industry location, employment, productivity, and innovation. read more »
Discounting and the representative median agent
Social discount rates (SDRs) are used in cost–benefit analysis to determine the present value of future costs and benefits: for example, to determine how much today’s society should invest in … read more »
What drives social contagion in the adoption of solar photovoltaic technology?
This research finds that households, businesses and farms are more likely to install solar panels if others in their neighbourhood have already done so, and in particular if existing installations … read more »
Ambiguity aversion under maximum-likelihood updating
Maximum-likelihood updating (MLU) is a well-known approach for extending static ambiguity sensitive preferences to dynamic set-ups. This paper develops an example in which MLU induces an ambiguity averse maxmin … read more »
Estimating the economic impact of the permafrost carbon feedback
The permafrost carbon feedback (PCF) is not currently taken into account in economic assessments of climate change, yet it could have important implications for the social cost of carbon (SCC) … read more »
China’s leadership in fostering and financing infrastructure investment for a sustainable and dynamic future
A previous draft of this report was published as a background paper submission to the China Development Forum 2017. An 8-page summary policy brief is also available. Headline issue China … read more »
Private Sector Adaptation Strategies: How SMEs start to respond to Senegal’s semi-arid zones (In French)
Although research on climate change adaptation has been conducted on households and communities, particularly in Senegal’s semi-arid lands (SALs), very little attention has been paid to the local private sector, … read more »
China’s leadership on sustainable infrastructure: lessons for the world
China is taking an active leadership role in a new global agenda that has sustainable infrastructure at its heart – an agenda that is starting to address the … read more »
Territorial approach to climate change in Senegal: agro-silvopastoral case study in the Ferlo region (In French)
Governance of climate change at the territorial level is critical if decision makers are to gain awareness of the realities that communities affected by the impacts of climate change face, … read more »
Integrated territorial approach to climate change in Senegal: case study of an integrated territorial climate plan for the Dakar region (In French)
One of the biggest challenges the world faces today is climate change. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa remain among the most vulnerable to its negative effects, mainly because the economic activities … read more »
GIB going, going, gone! The future of the Green Investment Bank and sustainable investment in the UK
The sale of the government-backed Green Investment Bank (GIB) for £2.3bn to a consortium led by Macquarie Group Limited has been completed this week. The sale has been met with criticism, … read more »
At your service: how exporting more low-carbon services could enhance the UK’s future prosperity
The future of the UK’s trade with the EU and beyond is currently uncertain. What is certain is that the UK will need to secure trade deals to guarantee its … read more »
Energy efficiency regulations benefit, not burden, US consumers
While President Trump’s stance on climate change is somewhat confused, it is no surprise that during his presidency he has pushed back environmental regulations and standards which he suggests place … read more »
Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme duped by climate change sceptic Lord Lawson
It has been a bad few days for the BBC and Radio 4’s flagship ‘Today’ programme after it was again humiliatingly duped by climate change ‘sceptics’. At 7:10 am on … read more »
Lucifer heatwave poses ‘major’ risk to parts of Europe
Sky News, 6 August 2017
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Economic competitiveness
Are environmental policies a threat to economic competitiveness?
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What are the implications of Brexit for UK and EU climate policy?
Green growth
Can environmental policies deliver increased economic growth and prosperity?
President Trump
What are the implications of the Trump presidency for US and global efforts to tackle climate change?
Implementing the Paris Agreement
Research and analysis produced in the run up to and aftermath of the Paris Agreement.
Decarbonising electricity
How will the UK and Europe make the transition to a low-carbon power sector at the lowest cost?
