Publications
Effective and geographically balanced? An outputbased assessment of non-state climate actions
Climate actions by non-state and subnational actors are an important complement to the multilateral climate regime and the associated contributions made by national governments. Although such actions hold much potential, … read more »
Climate change, development, poverty and economics
Putting the SDGs and Paris Agreement together, the agreements of 2015 have given us, for the first time, a global agenda for sustainable development applying to all countries. This paper sets out the implications of this agenda, and climate change in particular, for development economics and development policy. read more »
Domestic politics and the formation of international environmental agreements
We investigate the effect of domestic politics on international environmental policy by incorporating into a classic stage game of coalition formation the phenomenon of lobbying by special-interest groups. In … read more »
A bargaining experiment on heterogeneity and side deals in climate negotiations
The recent global climate change agreement in Paris leaves a wide gap between pledged and requisite emissions reductions in keeping with the commonly accepted 2°C target. A recent strand of … read more »
Transnational action fostering climate protection in the city of São Paulo and beyond
This article examines the local outcomes of São Paulo city’s engagement in transnational networks for climate protection. The participation of municipalities in such networks has been an important driver … read more »
Tipping points and loss aversion in international environmental agreements
We study the impact of loss-aversion and the threat of catastrophic damages, which we jointly call threshold concerns, on international environmental agreements. We aim to understand whether a threshold for … read more »
Tipping and reference points in climate change games
We live in a world characterized by discontinuities, where thresholds for abrupt and irreversible change are omnipresent, both in economic and ecological dynamics. Such thresholds, often referred to as tipping … read more »
Climate change and central banks
Presentation given by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern at a Bank for International Settlements event on 29 February 2016. Prepared with Amar Bhattacharya, Brookings Institution with support from the NCE programme … read more »
China’s changing economy: implications for its carbon dioxide emissions
China is undergoing another major structural transformation. It is moving towards a new development model, focused on achieving better quality growth that is more sustainable and inclusive. It … read more »
Robustness of norm-driven cooperation in the commons
We assess the robustness of cooperation to environmental variability in a stylized model of a community that harvests a shared resource. read more »
