This paper is the first large scale, quantitative study of the impact of corporate carbon management practices on corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Using data for 2009 and 2010 from the Carbon Disclosure Project survey, we find little compelling evidence that commonly adopted management practices are reducing emissions. read more »
Energy Policy, Vol. 77, February 2015, pages 11-20.
Porter, JJ, Dessai, S and Tompkins, EL (2014). In: Climatic Change, 127 (2). 371 – 379. ISSN 0165-0009
The number of climate change laws in major economies has grown from less than 40 in 1997 to almost 500 at the end of 2013. The passage of these laws is influenced by both domestic and international factors. This paper reviews the main international factors, drawing on a powerful new dataset of climate legislation in 66 national jurisdictions. We find that the propensity to legislate on climate change is heavily influenced by the passage of similar laws elsewhere, suggesting a strong and so far under-appreciated role for international policy diffusion. read more »
Colenbrander, S., Gouldson, A., Sudmant, A. H., & Papargyropoulou, E. (2015). In: Energy Policy, 80, 24-35.
The purpose of this paper is to review the application of complexity science methods in understanding energy systems and system change. The challenge of moving to sustainable energy systems which provide secure, affordable and low-carbon energy services requires the application of methods which recognise the complexity of energy systems in relation to social, technological, economic […]
This paper seeks to uncover and examine the complex set of governance challenges associated with transforming energy distribution networks, which play a key enabling role in a low carbon energy transition. We argue that, although the importance of such infrastructure networks to sustainability and low carbon transitions in the energy, water and mobility sectors is […]
Taylor PG, Upham P, McDowall W, Christopherson D. In: Energy Research and Social Science, vol. 4, pp.32-41. 2014. Abstract Technical energy models operate within social systems and those that perform particular social as well as technical functions are more likely to be used. We illustrate this with the example of the MARKAL energy system model […]
This paper reviews the state of knowledge on social vulnerability to climate change in three hot spots (deltas, semi-arid regions and snowpack- or glacier-fed river basins) in Africa, Central Asia and South Asia, using elements of systematic review methods. read more »
Taylor, AL, Dessai, S and Bruine de Bruin, W (2014). In: Climate Risk Management, 4-5. 1 – 16. ISSN 2212-0963
