Publications
The GLOBE climate legislation study: a review of climate change legislation in 66 countries
Note: New and updated 2015 edition available The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study is the most comprehensive audit of climate legislation across 66 countries, together responsible for around 88% of global … read more »
Non-economic losses in the context of the UNFCCC work programme on loss and damage
Sam Fankhauser, Simon Dietz and Phillip Gradwell
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. There is no lack of private money, just a perceived lack of opportunity. Resource costs are low and the potential to crowd out alternative investment and employment is greatly reduced. It is often argued that the short-term macroeconomic merit of an investment, in terms of what constitutes a good economic stimulus, can be judged against established criteria. These include tests on whether an investment is timely, temporary, and targeted. Although these are important, the evidence presented here suggests that a more important criterion for a sustainable economic impact is the ability to generate private sector confidence in profitable and enduring new markets. The world is likely to transition to a resource-efficient, low-carbon economy over this century and managing this transition has early pay-offs. Clear and credible green policies have the potential restore confidence and generate growth. Providing credible early incentives to invest in resource-efficiency could generate investment and growth in the long and the short run. read more »
Thinking Aloud Tackling Climate Change Can the cities lead?
With Philipp Rode Center for Urban Green Spaces Vol. 1 No. 4, January 2014
System responsiveness and the European Union Emissions Trading System
This paper argues in favour of a reform of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) that makes the system more responsive to unexpected price shocks. The paper proposed … read more »
Flood insurance and the Water Bill
Through the Water Bill, the Government is seeking powers to establish a new scheme for the provision of flood insurance. The proposed scheme, Flood Re, offers … read more »
Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK
Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK read more »
Climate change policies and the UK business sector: overview, impacts and suggestions for reform
The UK has a complex system of energy taxes which affect the business sector. Overlaps between taxes mean that carbon prices are uneven across sectors and fuels, and … read more »
Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate
The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the most comprehensive assessment of the physical science basis of climate change that has ever been written. … read more »
The British Feed-in Tariff for small renewable energy systems: Can it be made fairer?
The British Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, which launched in April 2010, pays £500 million each year to the owners of small scale renewable energy installations for the clean … read more »
