Publications
Brief Communication: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction – success or warning sign for Paris?
In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk … read more »
The allocation of energy resources in the very long run
Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 2015. Vol. 7, Nos. 2-3, 147-156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19390459.2015.1050786
Statistical corruption in Beijing’s air quality data has likely ended in 2012
This research documents changes in likely misreporting in official air quality data from Beijing for the years 2008 to 2013. The findings suggest that misreporting of air quality data for Beijing has likely ended in 2012. read more »
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 »
The effects of climate change on internal and international migration: implications for developing countries
This synthesis paper informs the development community about the effects of climate change on migration patterns within and out of developing countries, concentrating on the economic aspects of migration. Empirical … read more »
An assessment of the foundational assumptions in high-resolution climate projections: the case of UKCP09
The United Kingdom Climate Impacts Programme’s UKCP09 project makes high-resolution projections of the climate out to 2100 by post-processing the outputs of a large-scale global climate model. The aim of … read more »
Testing the boundaries of subnational diplomacy: the international climate action of local and regional governments
The article shows that the diplomatic activity of local and regional governments is still constrained by international and domestic legal frameworks. read more »
Reflections on the current debate on how to link flood insurance and disaster risk reduction in the European Union
In this paper we investigate if and how current EU policies influence flood insurance. read more »
Why did the knowledge transition occur in the West and not the East? ICT and the role of governments in Europe, East Asia and the Muslim world
The invention of a new ICT, the printing press, may have been a fundamental turning point in knowledge transition. But did Gutenberg’ s printing press succeed in Europe because of, … read more »
Assessing the Relationship Between Human Well-being and Ecosystem Services: A Review of Frameworks
Focusing on the most impoverished populations, we critically review and synthesise key themes from dominant frameworks for assessing the relationship between well-being and ecosystem services in developing countries. This requires … read more »
