Publications
Assessing pricing assumptions for weather index insurance in a changing climate
We expose the benefits and limitations of the Bayesian Network approach, weather index insurance as an adaptation measure and climate simulations as a source of quantitative predictive information. Current climate model output is shown to be of limited value and difficult to use by index insurance practitioners. The method presented, however, is shown to be an effective tool for testing pricing assumptions and could feasibly be employed in the future to incorporate multiple sources of climate data. read more »
Probabilistic skill in ensemble seasonal forecasts
Operational seasonal forecasting centres employ simulation models to make probability forecasts of future conditions on seasonal to annual lead times. Skill in such forecasts is reflected … read more »
An evaluation of decadal probability forecasts from state-of-the-art climate models
While state-of-the-art models of the Earth’s climate system have improved tremendously over the last twenty years, nontrivial structural flaws still hinder their ability to forecast the … read more »
Ex-post evaluation of the additionality of Clean Development Mechanism afforestation projects in Tanzania, Uganda and Moldova
This study presents findings from a systematic comparative research effort to investigation the additionality claims of CDM afforestation projects in Tanzania, Uganda and Moldova. Using what … read more »
Is it the climate or the weather? Differential economic impacts of climatic factors in Ethiopia
This paper assesses the distinct impacts of weather and climate change measures on agricultural revenue of farm households in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. This distinction … read more »
Policy indexes as tools for decision makers – the case of climate policy
The last two decades have witnessed an explosion in the publication of country indexes that measure and rank the relative national policy performances of governments. To illustrate the challenges … read more »
What’s sustainable supposed to mean? Financialisation as discursive construction, based on the example of banks’ sustainability reporting
Feist, M. and Fuchs, D. 2013. In: M. Heires and A. Nölke (eds.): Politische Ökonomie der Finanzialisierung [The political economy of financialisation]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 225–240. (peer-reviewed)
In praise of a green stimulus
Macroeconomic conditions make this a relatively favorable time to kick-start investments necessary to transition to a resource-efficient economy read more »
The GLOBE climate legislation study
A review of climate change legislation in 66 Countries Michal Nachmany, Sam Fankhauser, Terry Townshend, Murray Collins, Tucker Landesman, Adam Matthews, Carolina Pavese, Katharina Rietig, Philip Schleifer and Joana Setzer
Remarks on “Facing the climate change challenge in a global economy” by Lee Branstetter and William Pizer, in Feenstra and Taylor (eds)
Bowen, A. (2014): Globalization in an age of crisis – Multilateral economic cooperation in the twenty-first century, NBER, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ISBN: 978 0 22603 075 3
