This report provides a detailed characterisation of low-carbon jobs from the last decade in the United States and the United Kingdom, bringing new evidence to support policy discussions. Read more

This report provides a detailed characterisation of low-carbon jobs from the last decade in the United States and the United Kingdom, bringing new evidence to support policy discussions. Read more
This article in the FT reviews the state of climate related laws and litigation in the United States. The article features data from the Climate Change Laws of the World database and quotes from Joana Setzer. Read more
This paper shows that the Clean Air Act in the United States substantially reduced air pollution in regulated regions in recent years, but that accounting for pre-existing trends is vital to obtaining accurate estimates. Read more
Commenting on President Biden’s executive action to rejoin the Paris Agreement today, Lord Stern of Brentford, Chair of the Grantham... Read more
To provide analysis that could give guidance on the effects of revenue decoupling in the electricity sector, the authors of this paper developed a simple model that allows them to assess the welfare implications of revenue decoupling, which they investigated for each American state. Read more
As sea levels rise with climate change there is pressure to protect the coast but while individual properties may benefit from seawalls, neighbouring properties may experience negative effects due, for example, to accelerated beach loss. This paper investigates the impacts of seawalls on property values in San Diego and Santa Cruz. Read more
When evaluating policy treatments that are persistent and endogenous, available instrumental variables often exhibit more variation over time than the... Read more
Summary The UK’s new Flood Re program has supported the private flood insurance market, but also demonstrates that flood insurance... Read more
Using household-level data from the American Housing Survey, this paper assesses the cost of adapting housing to temperature increases. The authors account for both energy use adjustments and capital adjustments through investments in weatherization and heating and cooling equipment. 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