Publications

Thinking Aloud Tackling Climate Change Can the cities lead?

Policy publication by Dimitri Zenghelis on 19 Jan 2014

With Philipp Rode Center for Urban Green Spaces Vol. 1 No. 4, January 2014

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System responsiveness and the European Union Emissions Trading System

Policy publication by Luca Taschini, Chris Duffy on 1 Jan 2014

This paper argues in favour of a reform of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) that makes the system more responsive to unexpected price shocks. The paper proposed … read more »

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UCL Green Economic Policy Commission, Final Report

Policy publication by Dimitri Zenghelis on 19 Dec 2013

December 2013 – External link to report

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Greening the Recovery’ UCL Green Economic Policy Commission, Final Report,

Policy publication by Dimitri Zenghelis on 19 Dec 2013

– External link to report

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Flood insurance and the Water Bill

Policy publication by Florence Crick, Sam Fankhauser, Swenja Surminski, Bob Ward on 14 Nov 2013

Through the Water Bill, the Government is seeking powers to establish a new scheme for the provision of flood insurance. The proposed scheme, Flood Re, offers … read more »

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Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK

Policy publication by Alex Bowen, Sam Fankhauser on 4 Nov 2013

Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK read more »

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Climate change policies and the UK business sector: overview, impacts and suggestions for reform

Policy publication by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Sam Fankhauser on 1 Nov 2013

The UK has a complex system of energy taxes which affect the business sector. Overlaps between taxes mean that carbon prices are uneven across sectors and fuels, and … read more »

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Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate

Policy publication by Bob Ward, Naomi Hicks on 1 Oct 2013

The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the most comprehensive assessment of the physical science basis of climate change that has ever been written. … read more »

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The British Feed-in Tariff for small renewable energy systems: Can it be made fairer?

Policy publication by on 1 Oct 2013

The British Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, which launched in April 2010, pays £500 million each year to the owners of small scale renewable energy installations for the clean … read more »

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Climate change and extreme weather events in developing countries. Future Risk: climate change and energy security – global challenges and implications

Policy publication by Swenja Surminski on 26 Sep 2013

Chartered Insurance Institute, Centenary Future Risk Series: Report 3. Chartered Insurance Institute, London, UK. – Link to publisher

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