Publications
Action on climate change in Asia’s self-interest. Asia 2050: realizing the Asian century
This chapter examines the issue of whether low-carbon growth might be in the self-interest of key Asian countries. Individually, the leading countries in Asia are very important to each … read more »
Avoiding disastrous climate change is possible but not inevitable
Reference Scott Barrett: ‘Avoiding disastrous climate change is possible but not inevitable’.
Thinking through the climate change challenge
In October 2010, a group of leading thinkers on environmental policy met at the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester for a conference in honour of Nobel … read more »
The survival of the conformist: social pressure and renewable resource management
This paper examines the role of other-regarding behavior as a mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable social and environmental … read more »
Inequality, communication and the avoidance of disastrous climate change
Paper 34 International efforts to provide global public goods often face the challenges of coordinating national contributions and distributing costs equitably in the face of uncertainty, inequality, and free-riding … read more »
Globalisation, neopluralism and multinodal politics
Reference Falkner, R. Globalisation, neopluralism and multinodal politics. December 2010. Journal of Power, v.3, pp.452-458.
International climate policy after Copenhagen: Towards a ‘building blocks’ approach
This article reviews the options for future international climate policy after the 2009 Copenhagen conference. It argues that a major reassessment of the current approach to building a climate … read more »
International climate policy after Copenhagen: towards a ‘building blocks’ approach
This paper asks what can be hoped for the international climate change negotiation process in the wake of the 2009 Copenhagen conference, and what should be … read more »
Business and global climate governance: a neo-plurist perspective. Business and Global Governance
Business plays a critical role in global climate politics; this is widely agreed upon in international relations and political economy. Whether we should view business primarily as blocking political … read more »
A Lockean defence of grandfathering emission rights
Reference Bovens, L. 2010. A Lockean defence of grandfathering emission rights (forthcoming). The Ethics of Global Climate Change [Denis Arnold (ed.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
