Publications

Of models and meanings: cultural resilience in socio-ecological systems

Working paper by Todd Crane on 1 Oct 2010

Abstract of Working Paper 37 Modeling has emerged as a key technology in analysis of socio-ecological systems. However, modelling tends to focus on the mechanistic materiality of biophysical systems, which obscures the diversity of performative social behaviours and normative cultural positions of actors within the modelled system. The fact that changes in the biophysical system can […]

Envisioning adaptive strategies to change: participatory scenarios for agro-pastoral semi-arid systems in Nicaragua

Working paper by Federica Ravera, David Tarrasón, Elisabeth Simelton on 1 Oct 2010

Abstract of Working Paper 38 Historically, the semi-arid socio-ecological systems of dry Centro American corridor have proven resilient to pressures. In the last century, these systems, however, have experienced huge environmental and socio-economic changes that have increased the vulnerability of local livelihoods to shocks and perturbations. New approaches are needed to capture complex, uncertain, cross-scale […]

New rules, new politics, same actors: explaining policy change in the EU ETS

Working paper by on 1 Oct 2010

The allocation rules for phase one EU ETS emissions permits demonstrates that energy generators were lobbying winners because they successfully blocked differential treatment (rules) from energy … read more »

China’s growth, China’s cities, and the new global low-carbon industrial revolution

Policy publication by Nicholas Stern on 1 Oct 2010

Unless the world embarks now on a new energy and industrial revolution it will be very difficult to manage the huge risks of climate change. Business-as-usual for the next few … read more »

Sewage pollution and institutional and technological change in the United States, 1830-1915.

Research article by Jouni Paavola on 1 Oct 2010

Paavola, J. October 2010. Ecological Economics, v.69, pp.2517-2524.

Adaptation strategies for reducing vulnerability to future environmental change

Research article by Ioan Fazey, Javier G.P. Gamarra, Joern Fischer, Mark Reed, Lindsay Stringer, Mike Christie on 1 Oct 2010

Fazey, I, Gamarra, J.G.P., Fischer, J., Reed, M.S., Stringer, L.C., and Christie, M. April 2010. . Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v.8, pp.414-422.

African indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture

Research article by David Mkwambisi, S Phiri on 1 Oct 2010

Mkwambisi, D.D and Phiri, S(2010), Shackleton CM, Pasquini MW, Drescher AW (eds). Earthscan: London, United Kingdom. Book Review. Journal of Land Degradation and Development (21) 1-2

Estimating the climate impact of linear contrails using the UK Met Office climate model

Research article by A. Rap, Piers Forster, J.M. Haywood, A. Jones, Olivier Boucher on 1 Oct 2010

Rap, A, Forster, P.M., Haywood, J.M., Jones, A., and Boucher, O. October 2010. Geophysical Research Letters, v.37.

Increased crop failure due to climate change: assessing adaptation options using models and socio-economic data for wheat in China

Research article by Andy Challinor, Elisabeth Simelton, Evan Fraser, Debbie Hemming, Mathew Collins on 29 Sep 2010

Challinor, A. J., Simelton, E.S., Fraser, E.D.G., Hemming, D., and Collins, M. September 2010. Environ. Res. Lett., v.5.

Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective

Research article by Sam Fankhauser on 18 Sep 2010

The policy debate on climate change distinguishes two generic response options. The first (and more prominent) option is mitigation. Mitigation addresses the causes of climate change by reducing the … read more »