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Dr Charles Palmer
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Charles primarily works in the fields of environmental and development economics.
He is also a Lecturer in Environment and Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Background
Before joining LSE, Charles was a Senior Researcher at the Chair of Environmental Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
He holds a BA in Biological Sciences from Oxford University, an MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics from University College London, and a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany.
Charles has worked for a number of international organisations, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York, and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia.
In 2009, he co-edited (with Stefanie Engel) a book on policy to implement strategies on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), Avoided Deforestation: Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change (Routledge).
Research interests
- Environmental and development economics;
- Contracting for natural resource use;
- Mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change;
- Institutions and property rights;
- Instruments for environmental policy.
Getting more ‘carbon bang’ for your ‘buck’ in Acre State, Brazil
Acre State in Brazil is at the forefront of efforts to institutionalize jurisdictional-scale policies that aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Given limited REDD+ funds and … read more »
Understanding the demand for REDD+ credits
Laing, Timothy, Taschini, Luca and Palmer, Charles (2016). In: Environmental Conservation
2015
Understanding the demand for REDD+ credits
REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation), broadened to REDD+, has recently emerged as a potentially important component of the global policy mix to mitigate climate change. In this … read more »
Conservation payments under uncertainty
The decision of whether to retain forest or convert to another land use is affected by uncertainty over future land use returns. This paper examines the design of conservation payments to landowners under uncertainty. Payments are either indexed to the returns from deforestation (agriculture), or to a market value associated with forest nonuse benefits. Payment size depends on the degree of correlation between payments and agricultural returns, and their relative volatility. Market-based payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) are simulated for Brazilian soybean growers. Payments indexed to carbon prices are larger than those indexed to international soybean prices. (JEL Q23, Q24) read more »
2014
Urban development and air pollution: Evidence from a global panel of cities
Study examines air pollution concentration in 75 urban areas between 2005 and 2011. Focuses specifically on the impacts of changes in the urban environment and transportation mode on pollution. A … read more »
Modelling land use, deforestation, and policy analysis: A hybrid optimization-ABM heterogeneous agent model with application to the Bolivian Amazon
Policy interventions designed to simultaneously stem deforestation and reduce poverty in tropical countries entail complex socio-environmental trade-offs. A hybrid model, comprising an optimising, agricultural household model integrated into the ‘shell’ … read more »
2013
Economy-wide impacts of REDD when there is political influence
National-level strategies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation(REDD), financed by international transfers, have begun to emerge. A three-sector model is developed to explore the economy-wide … read more »
2012
Enforcement-proof contracts with moral hazard in precaution: ensuring 'permanence' in carbon sequestration'
Opportunistic behaviour due to imperfect contract enforcement is a risk in many economic transactions. In this paper, an enforcement-proof incentive contract is developed in which a buyer demands a … read more »
Dynamics of indirect land-use change: empirical evidence from Brazil
The expansion of a given land use may affect deforestation directly if forests are cleared to free land for this use, or indirectly, via the displacement … read more »
Cost-effective payments for reducing emissions from deforestation under uncertainty
The paper analyses the implications of landowners’ option values in land allocation and derives policy recommendations for payments for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation … read more »
2011
Enforcement-proof contracts with moral hazard in precaution: ensuring 'permanence' in carbon sequestration
Opportunistic behaviour due to imperfect contract enforcement is a risk in many economic transactions. In this paper, an enforcement-proof incentive contract is developed in which a buyer demands a … read more »
2010
Enforcement-proof contracts with moral hazard in precaution: ensuring 'permanence' in carbon sequestration
Opportunistic behaviour due to incomplete contract enforcement is a risk in many economic transactions, such as forest carbon sequestration contracts. In this paper, an enforcement-proof incentive … read more »
2015
Grantham Workshop | Charles Palmer 'On the impact of land use regulations on domestic energy consumption: panel data evidence for England'
Charles Palmer, Assistant Professor of Environment and Development at the London School of Economics, will be the speaker for this seminar. Urban development associated with ‘compact cities’ is synonymous with sustainability. … read more »
