Publications

Driving Growth Through Green Innovation
Chapter 12 in The Green Book. Summer 2013 – Link to publisher

RIO +20 and the institutional framework for sustainable development: the role of subnational governments in global environmental governance
Rei, F., Setzer, J. and Cunha, K. (2012). Brazilian Journal of International Law, 9(3), p. 129-140 (Portuguese).

Environmental paradiplomacy: the Brazilian participation in the international climate regime
Rei, F., Cunha, K. and Setzer, J. (2013). Brazilian Journal of Environmental Law, v. 71:265-286.

Cities, Human Security and Global Environmental Change
Simon, D., and Leck, H. 2013. In O’Brien, K., Wolf, J., and Sygna, L. (eds.) A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative approaches Research, Policy and Action, Earthscan.

The Role of Local Politicians and Political Realities in Shaping Urban Climate Change Agendas: The Case of eThekwini Municipality
Leck, H. 2013. In Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Research, Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Viewpoints, No.9.

Submission to inquiry on ‘Climate: public understanding and policy implications’ by the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology
Submission begins with a summary of the importance of public understanding of climate change, before considering some of the latest research on the state of public understanding of the science … read more »

Position of the Netherlands in the emerging green economy
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2013. Download paper

Emissions GDP relationship in times of growth and decline
This empirical paper focuses on the relationship between changes in GDP and CO2 emissions as a country’s economy moves through periods of growth and decline. Using … read more »


