All pages with keywords: climate change policy

Policy indexes as tools for decision makers – the case of climate policy

Policy indexes as tools for decision makers – the case of climate policy

a research article by Swenja Surminski 23 January, 2014

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 »


Climate policy under sustainable discounted utilitarianism

Climate policy under sustainable discounted utilitarianism

a research article by Simon Dietz 20 May, 2012

Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which … read more »