This paper develops a method to estimate the ‘probability distribution’ of future temperatures to be used in long-term climate change adaptation strategies, investing and insurance. Read more
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Climate change legislation consists of the laws and policies that govern action on climate change by setting its legal basis. These laws and policies address actions that fall under the scope of climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk management. Read more
In this article for Chatham House's 'The World Today' magazine Catherine Higham and Joana Setzer explain how climate change litigation has emerged as a crucial channel for advancing climate policy and ensuring accountability. Read more
Following the Conference on Environmental Democracy, WFD commissioned research from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment,... Read more
Bob Ward explains why the IPCC's recent conclusions about the accuracy of estimates of the economic impacts of climate change are refreshing and necessary. Read more
This presentation given at the Inevitable Policy Response Quarterly Forecast Tracker event on 30th June 2022 provides an assessment of the international policy response to the Just Transition. Read more
The UK’s government and oil companies are on a collision course with international efforts to avoid dangerous climate change, says Bob Ward. Remedial action is necessary to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree temperature goal in sight. 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
The authors of this paper argue that, despite their dominance in the economics literature and influence in public discussion and policymaking, the methodology employed by Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) rests on flawed foundations, which become particularly relevant in relation to the realities of the immense risks and challenges of climate change, and the radical changes in our economies that a sound and effective response require. Read more
Using a representative sample of the UK population, the authors of this paper use a discrete choice experiment to explore the way in which distributional considerations drive respondent decisions in two dimensions: (a) among recipients of adaptation finance in recipient developing countries, and (b) among those who contribute to this finance (via taxation). Read more
