The authors of this paper develop a method to establish the value of temporary offset projects with a given risk of failure and show that this value is always positive. They find that to compensate for one tonne of fossil fuel emissions, 2 to 3 tonnes of carbon need to be stored in a forest if the project stops being additional after 50 years. Read more
The authors of this paper adopt a two-step system GMM estimation procedure to estimate the effect of energy efficiency on CO2 emissions for 119 UK universities over the period between 2008–2009 and 2018–2019. Read more
Building on a large body of theoretical and experimental literature, the authors of this paper hypothesize that trust shared in a society may positively affect global cooperative behavior. Read more
To meet climate targets, technologies that remove atmospheric carbon dioxide will probably be needed. An analysis shows how their development... Read more
This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the economic and environmental impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures in the short and long term. Read more
The authors of this comment respond to a recent argument put forward by Lemoine and Rudik (2017), that it is efficient to delay reducing carbon emissions because there is substantial inertia in the climate system. Mattauch et al. show that there is no such inertia, which means there is no lag between carbon emissions and warming. Read more
Abstract This paper analyzes the drivers of carbon taxes acceptability with survey data and a randomized labeling treatment. Based on... Read more
Self-proclaimed climate change 'sceptics' are resorting to desperate measures in their efforts to confuse the public about the causes and consequences of global warming. Read more
