Publications
Economic instruments for climate change
Reference Meckling, J., and Hepburn, C. 2013. Economic instruments for climate change. In: The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy (Falkner, R. [ed.]). Wiley-Blackwell.
Coordinating to protect the global climate
Reference Tavoni, A., and Dannenberg, A. February 2013. Coordinating to protect the global climate. Chapter 2 of book, ‘Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: theoretical and experimental applications and their policy implications’ (Ariel … read more »
Regime shifts in a social-ecological system
Ecological regime shifts are rarely purely ecological. Not only is the regime shift frequently triggered by human activity, but the responses of relevant actors to ecological … read more »
Regulatory responses to scientific uncertainty and nanotechnology
Reference Porter, R.D., Breggin, L., Falkner, R., Pendergrass, J., and Jaspers, N. 2012. Regulatory responses to scientific uncertainty and nanotechnology. The Nanotechnology Challenge: creating law and legal institutions for uncertain risks … read more »
Policy indexes – what do they tell us and what are their applications? The case of climate policy and business planning in emerging markets
The last two decades have witnessed an explosion in the publication of country indexes that measure and rank the relative policy performances of governments. Whilst there … read more »
The new energy-industrial revolution and an international agreement on climate change
Nicholas Stern and James Rydge, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy V.1, pp.1-1, 2012.
Domestic politics and the formation of international environmental agreements
The theory of international environmental agreements overwhelmingly assumes that governments engage as unitary agents. Each government makes choices based on benefits and costs that are simple … read more »
Climate policy integration beyond principled priority: a framework for analysis
Countries aiming to achieve ambitious international and national climate objectives need to integrate climate considerations into all sectoral policies. This contribution argues that since climate change … read more »
Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice – introduction
Reference Falkner, R., and Lee, B (eds.). May 2012. Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice – introduction. International Affairs (special issue), v.88, pp.503-522.
Global environmentalism and the greening of international society
Have environmental values become part of the normative structure of international society? Has the rise of global environmentalism led to a greening of international society? Most International Relations research … read more »
