We need a stronger carbon price to justify shale
Professor Samuel Fankhauser examines the policy measures needed to ensure shale gas extraction is commensurate with our wider climate change objectives read more »
Topic: Carbon pricing and markets
Delivering community benefits through REDD : Lessons from Joint Forest Management in Zambia
Leventon, J., Kalaba, F. K., Dyer, J. C., Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J. (2014) Forest Policy and Economics, DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.03.005
Busting the myths around emission reduction costs
Bob Ward argues misleading comparisons and assumptions are being used to inflate the economic costs of climate change policies read more »
Without transparency, Europe’s carbon market reform will fail
The Conversation
Rodney Boyd
Policy Analyst and Research Advisor to Professor Stern Rodney joined the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in March 2014. He is primarily responsible for providing policy-related … read more »
The effects and side‐effects of the EU emissions trading scheme
As many countries, regions, cities, and states implement emissions trading policies to limit CO2 emissions, they turn to the European Union’s experience with its emissions trading scheme since 2005. read more »
Ex-post Evaluation of the Additionality of a Clean Development Mechanism Cogeneration Project in Uganda: the significance of changes in project financing and background economic conditions
In this paper I evaluate the additionality of a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) bagasse cogeneration project at Kakira Sugar Works (KSW) in Uganda using what I refer to as an … read more »
A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge
Building on simulations using Integrated Assessment Models and historical evidence, this paper explores some of the issues posed by this dual financing challenge. We discuss the “fiscal self-reliance” of the energy sector, finding that carbon pricing would generate sufficient fiscal revenues within each region to finance total investment in energy supply. read more »
Sam Fankhauser
Sam has been Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment since March 2011, along with Dr Simon Dietz. Sam joined the Grantham Research Institute in … read more »
Misato Sato
Misato works on the evaluation of energy and climate change policies, with focus on energy intensive industries. Background Misato has a PhD in Environmental Economics from the LSE, titled Carbon … read more »