Alina Averchenkova

his article assesses GCF’s commitment to the local delivery of adaptation finance and identifies the key barriers to GCF’s achievement of this commitment. The analysis finds that although GCF’s policies and communications fully commit to funding local level adaptation, three key barriers still prevent it from delivering finance to the local level. Read more

This book is the first of its kind to examine the role of great powers in the international politics of climate change. Read more

This draft Briefing has been prepared on a short timescale for the launch of the Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies (KNOCA) to inform discussion and debate amongst network members. Read more

Climate change advisory bodies are rapidly proliferating around the world, often with statutory underpinning. While they are argued to be... Read more

Averchenkova, A. (2020). Mexico’s Framework Legislation on Climate Change: Key Features, Achievements and Challenges Ahead. In T.L. Muinzer (Ed.). National Climate... Read more

This paper assesses the importance of a strategic legal framework for action against climate change, using the UK Climate Change Act as... Read more

This paper assesses the importance of a strategic legal framework for action against climate change, using the UK Climate Change Act as an example. Read more

This report summarises lessons from the Climate Change Act, for the UK and other countries, on how climate change legislation is best structured to be effective. Read more

A deepening understanding of the importance of climate change has caused a recent and rapid increase in the number of... Read more

Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of all actors in society. Until recently, the predominant research focus has been... Read more

Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of all actors in society. Until recently, predominant research focus has been on... Read more

Presentation at the Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Congress of the Republic of Peru on 8 December Read more

Presentation give at the GLOBE COP20 Legislators Summit on 7 December 2014 in Lima. Read more

Alina Averchenkova presented at the 3rd meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity-building at the Bonn Climate Change Conference on... Read more

Alexander Averchenkov and Alina Averchenkova Carbon and Climate Law Review, Issue 3, September 2009 Read more

This submission presents eight key recommendations for Parties to the UNFCCC which address the priorities of the second dialogue of the UAE Just Transition Work Programme. Read more

This report consists of a submission to a Scottish Parliament consultation on the Climate Change Targets Bill, launched in August 2024. Read more

This report analyses the impact of climate framework laws in three countries, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, with input from 73 expert interviews, to better understand how such laws have impact and draw lessons for other countries. Read more

This report explores why countries make net zero commitments and how they can advance from political promise to integrating and implementing the commitment through their national governance systems – described as a ‘governance pathway’. Read more

This Policy Paper analyses the key features of the European Green Deal (EGD), its external impacts and future avenues to... Read more

This guide covers the case for climate leadership by Ministries of Finance, a framework for mainstreaming climate into their core functions and capabilities, and priorities for action. It is aimed primarily at Ministries of Finance but is designed to be useful to anyone seeking to better understand the role of these ministries in driving climate action. Read more

This brief explores the role and potential of domestic climate law in responding to climate change and the specific governance functions they must be tailored to. Read more

Following the Conference on Environmental Democracy, WFD commissioned research from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment,... Read more

Climate change framework laws are needed for the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement. This policy insight examines the elements that can be ‘built in’ to framework laws to specify accountability for the implementation of the core obligations contained within, based on a review of 43 such laws from the Climate Change Laws of the World database. Read more

External link to publication Climate change is a grave threat to global development and shared prosperity. Its impacts are expected... Read more

Amar Bhattacharya, Richard Calland (Co-Chairs); Alina Averchenkova, Lorena Gonzalez, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz And Jerome Van Rooij. UN, 2020. External link to... Read more

The aim of this report is to inform the debate on the need for, and the design of, an independent expert advisory mechanism under the European Climate Law, based on experiences with the implementation of national climate change legislation. Read more

Building on the experiences of the UK’s Climate Change Act (2008) and the French Energy Transition law (2015), this article... Read more

This report and accompanying 8-page brief examine some of the emerging challenges in climate governance in South Africa and potential solutions. The lessons identified are also relevant for other developing economies. Read more

This paper aims to inform policy experts, legislators and decision makers on recent trends in climate change policy-making around the... Read more

In 2012 Mexico became the first large oil-producing emerging economy to adopt climate legislation. This study assesses the impact of the General Law on Climate Change to date and draws lessons learnt for Mexico and other countries that are currently developing climate change legislation. Read more

This policy brief aims to assist negotiators, policy experts, and civil society in navigating the discussions on pre-2020 ambition towards... Read more

10 years on from its establishment, this report assesses the role of the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in shaping UK climate policy, drawing out lessons for international and domestic policymakers. Read more

This policy brief provides a summary assessment of the role of the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in shaping UK climate policy. Read more

This report seeks to draw upon the composite lessons learned at domestic and subnational levels and aims to respond to... Read more

This submission to the Talanoa Dialogue covers themes of climate legislation, institutions and governance, and the credibility of climate change commitments. Read more

This policy brief is a condensed version of our report on the Climate Change Act, summarising lessons for the UK and other countries, on how climate change legislation is best structured to be effective. Read more

This report summarises lessons from the Climate Change Act, for the UK and other countries, on how climate change legislation is best structured to be effective. Read more

This report assesses the credibility of EU member states’ efforts to decarbonise the power sector – with credibility of policy commitments defined as ‘the likelihood that policymakers will keep their promises to implement the pledges or policies they announce’. Read more

Presentation given at the Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Bonn (Germany), 12 November 2017. The... Read more

This brief summarises and updates the latest annual stocktake of trends in climate change litigation and legislation. Read more

This report summarises key trends in climate change legislation and litigation. It is the sixth stock-take in a series of global Climate Legislation Studies that dates back to 2010. Read more

This study uses the ‘Paris consistency monitor’ to assess whether the past and present action by G20 countries on climate mitigation is consistent with meeting the key requirements of the Paris Agreement. Read more

This report assesses the domestic constraints and opportunities for the development of climate policy in China, the EU and the US. Read more

This report provides the results of an analysis of “intended nationally determined contributions”, or INDCs, that were submitted by countries ahead of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Read more

Presentation given at the Side event at COP21/CMP11 in Paris, France on 8 December 2015. Read more

This paper analyses the credibility of national climate pledges (INDCs). It starts by fleshing out the key determinants of credibility in relation to action on climate change. It then outlines a framework to assess the credibility of a country’s INDC pledges based on these determinants. This framework is used to provide an initial assessment of the credibility of INDCs provided by G20 countries. Read more

Headline issue Countries are now seeking to reach a new international agreement on climate change, to be signed in Paris... Read more

This report begins with an overview of the latest statistics on NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions) development, drawing from the... Read more

Lessons learned from UNDP's low emission capacity building programme Read more

The study identifies barriers to the design and implementation of low emission development strategies (LEDS) and mitigation actions (NAMAs) encountered in developing countries Read more

De Boer, Y., van Bergen, B., McKenzie, M., Averchenkova, A., Gladwin, T., McGraw, M., Lyon, T., Bunch, R. KPMG, 2012.... Read more

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This book is the first of its kind to examine the role of great powers in the international politics of climate change. Read more

A deepening understanding of the importance of climate change has caused a recent and rapid increase in the number of... Read more

This commentary explores the positive impacts of independent advisory bodies like the UK's Climate Change Committee and why the new UK Government must harness the expertise of the CCC to advance evidence-based climate action. Read more

This article considers the role that citizen assemblies can play in helping to engage the public with the political process. Read more

Reflecting on progress made at COP27, this commentary highlights how climate legislation can act as a critical avenue for holding states accountable to delivering their climate commitments. Alongside, litigation can be used to help ensure these laws are enforced. Read more

The high quality of research by the London School of Economics and Political Science has been recognised in the results of the... Read more

In this commentary article Alina Averchenkova, Oleksandra Plyska and Jens Wahlgren discuss how political voices and coalitions can help address environmental problems by raising citizens’ concerns and holding governments accountable. Read more

In this commentary article Jens Wahlgren and Alina Averchenkova consider how political parties can help address environmental problems by raising citizens’ concerns and holding governments accountable. Read more

In this BBC News interview Alina Averchenkova discusses the need for financial support from developed countries to help developing countries... Read more

spite its status as a major oil and gas producer, there are signs of climate action on many levels in Russia that deserve to be taken seriously argue Alina Averchenkova, Alexander Ginzburg, Kamila Godzinska and Konstantin Sukhoverkhov in this comment article. Read more

This Canadian news article reports on how financial assistance (climate finance) from richer countries can help developing nations meet their climate goals. The article includes quotes from Alina Averchenkova. Read more

his podcast considers the role of climate finance in the lead up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. One of the interviewees is Alina Averchenkova who says that despite consistent growth in climate finance countries are likely to fall short of the 2020 target. Read more

This news article looks at how developed countries are falling short on their pledges to provide financial support to help poorer countries deal with climate change. The article includes quotes from the Institute’s Dr Alina Averchenkova. Read more

This news article reports that richer countries are failing to meet their pledge to provide $100 billion a year in... Read more

This expert panel discussion considers whether the forthcoming COP26 in Glasgow can help efforts to tackle the impacts of climate... Read more

This article reports that developed countries are failing to meet their pledge to provide $100 billion a year in climate... Read more

Alina Averchenkova calls for the establishment of a European Climate Change Council – an independent expert advisory body that would provide... Read more

Alina Averchenkova talks to the Globalist show on Radio Monocle about a support initiative for the preservation of rainforests in developing countries announced at the Climate Action summit (22 minutes in). Read more

Climate policy has taken a particular hit during a 10-year period of political corruption and uncertainty in South Africa but now the country has a chance to get back on track, say the authors of this commentary. Read more

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A recent study from the Grantham Research Institute found that the mere existence of Paris had prodded dozens of countries to enact new clean-energy laws. Read more

Nations around the world have adopted more than 1,200 laws to curb climate change, up from about 60 two decades ago, a sign of widening efforts to limit rising temperatures, according to a new study. Read more

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Is there a role for the private sector in improving climate resilience? Alina Averchenkova and Florence Crick relfect on recent research carried out by the Institute in this LSE Business Review Blog. Read more