Transaction costs, power, and multi-level forest governance in Indonesia
Gallemore C; Di Gregorio M; Moeliono M; Brockhaus M; Prasti H RD (2015). In: Ecological Economics, 114, pp.168-179.
Publication type: Research articles
Energy Policies Influenced by Energy Systems Modelling—Case Studies in UK, Ireland, Portugal and G8
Chiodi A, Taylor PG, Seixas J, Simeões S, Fortes P, Gouveia JP, Dias L, Gallachóxir B. In: Giannakidis G; Labriet M; Ó Gallachóir B; Tosato G (ed.) Informing Energy and Climate Policies Using Energy Systems Models, vol. 30, pp.15-41. Springer. 2015.
Fuel poverty from the bottom-up: Characterising household energy vulnerability through the lived experience of the fuel poor
Lucie Middlemiss and Ross Gillard (2015). In Energy Research & Social Science. Volume 6, March 2015, Pages 146–154
Understanding climate adaptation and transformation challenges in African cities
This critical assessment of climate adaptation and transformation challenges, agendas and actions across Africa draws on the principal findings and analyses of the papers in this special issue of COSUST. read more »
Beyond carbon pricing: The role of banking and monetary policy in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy
It is widely acknowledged that introducing a price on carbon represents a crucial precondition for filling the current gap in low-carbon investment. However, as this paper argues, carbon pricing in … read more »
Book review |Climate Shock: The economic consequences of a hotter planet, by Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman
Swenja Surminski on how the wait and see policy of businesses is not enough when it comes to global warming read more »
Unraveling the Notion of “Fair Carbon”: Key Challenges for Standards Development
Rebecca Joy Howard, Anne Tallontire, Lindsay Stringer, Rob Marchant (2015). In World Development, 70, 343-356.
Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus’ framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions
‘To slow or not to slow’ (Nordhaus, 1991) was the first economic appraisal of greenhouse gas emissions abatement and founded a large literature on a topic of worldwide importance. We offer our assessment of the original article and trace its legacy, in particular Nordhaus’s later series of ‘DICE’ models. From this work, many have drawn the conclusion that an efficient global emissions abatement policy comprises modest and modestly increasing controls. We use DICE itself to provide an initial illustration that, if the analysis is extended to take more strongly into account three essential elements of the climate problem – the endogeneity of growth, the convexity of damage and climate risk – optimal policy comprises strong controls. read more »
Editorial overview: Sustainability challenges: assessing climate change adaptation in Africa
Simon, D. and Leck, H (2015). In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Renewable energy partnerships in development cooperation: Towards a relational understanding of technical assistance
This article traces the role of renewable energy partnerships in development cooperation, shifting the analytical emphasis from barriers and drivers to key actors and their relationships.