Research article by Joanna Pardoe, Katharine Vincent, Declan Conway, Emma Archer van Garderen, Andy Dougill, David Mkwambisi, Dorothy Tembo-Nhlema on 2 Oct 2020
In this paper, we use an inductive approach and longitudinal analysis to explore political influences on the emergence and evolution…
Research article by Shaikh Eskander, Sam Fankhauser, Joana Setzer on 19 Sep 2020
There is no country in the world that does not have at least one law or policy dealing with climate…
Working paper by Quentin Coutellier, Greer Gosnell, Zeynep Gürgüç, Ralf Martin, Mirabelle Muûls on 14 Sep 2020
The authors of this paper analyse flexibility in residential energy demand through a series of experiments on the adoption and usage of WiFi-enabled smart plugs in the home.
Working paper by Julius Andersson, Giles Atkinson on 9 Sep 2020
The fact that a carbon tax is an environmentally and economically efficient instrument for reducing emissions is often highlighted, but the equity story is also of importance. This paper addresses the question of the distributional burden of a carbon tax across different income groups and the role played by income inequality.
Working paper by Architesh Panda, Swenja Surminski on 7 Sep 2020
How to effectively monitor and evaluate the use of climate and disaster risk insurance remains unclear. This paper reviews how these instruments are currently evaluated and finds a need for transparent monitoring and evaluation frameworks to enable greater scrutiny and to assist those funding, demanding or supplying insurance, with evidence from India and Africa.
Working paper by Stefano Carattini on 4 Sep 2020
Cooperative behavior is essential for societies to thrive and for humanity to address local and global social dilemmas. This paper combines several large-scale surveys with different strategies for identifying trust, to shed new light on the determinants of cooperative behavior, including that needed to advance progress on climate change mitigation.
Policy publication by Alina Averchenkova on 3 Sep 2020
The aim of this report is to inform the debate on the need for, and the design of, an independent expert advisory mechanism under the European Climate Law, based on experiences with the implementation of national climate change legislation.
Working paper by Stefano Carattini, Julia Blasch on 1 Sep 2020
The authors of this paper devise a new strategy for social interventions designed to increase climate-friendly behaviour, testing the proclivity of attendees at a major European environmental economics conference to offset their carbon emissions from travelling to the conference.
Working paper by Stefano Carattini, Marcella Veronesi on 24 Aug 2020
This paper studies the relationship between generalised trust in other members in society, temperature fluctuations during the maize growing season, and international migration by asylum seekers, asking whether trust mitigates or increases the impact of climate change on migration.
Working paper by Jonathan Boston, Architesh Panda, Swenja Surminski on 18 Aug 2020
Drawing on relevant global experience, this paper investigates recent approaches to planned relocation of communities as one possible response to climate change impacts.
