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Experiences of host communities with carbon market projects: towards multi-level climate justice

Abstract The literature on equity and justice in climate change mitigation has largely focused on North–South relations and equity between states. However, some initiatives (e.g. the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation programme (REDD), and voluntary carbon markets (VCMs)) are already establishing multi-level governance structures that involve communities from […]

A response to Dolan

In Behavioural Public Policy, In A.J. Oliver (Ed.) (pp. 209-215). Cambridge University Press: UK.

How certain are we about the certainty-equivalent long term social discount rate?

The case for using declining social discount rates when the future is uncertain is now widely accepted in both academic and policy circles. We present sharp … read more »

Non-identical quadruplets: four new estimates of the elasticity of marginal utility for the UK

This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the value of the elasticity of marginal utility for the United Kingdom. This parameter is a key determinant of … read more »

PREPARE: Understanding the equity and distributional impacts of climate risks and adaptation options –

Paper no longer available online. Pringle,P, Paavola, J, Dale, N, Sibille, R, Kent, N and Le Cornu, E (2013) Part of the PREPARE Programme of research on preparedness,adaptation and risk, Final Report for project ERG1211 by Ricardo-AEA for Defra

Youth in Action on Climate Change: Inspirations from Around the World

Contributed several case studies to this United Nations publication.

Behind the headlines: climate change and the National Curriculum

Last week saw the closure of the consultation on the Government’s planned changes to the National Curriculum for pupils aged under 14 in England. The newspaper headlines of the last few weeks … read more »

Discounting under disagreement

NBER Working Paper. A group of agents disagree about the appropriate inter temporal preferences to use when exploiting a common productive resource. read more »

On welfare frameworks and catastrophic climate risks

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Recent theoretical work in the economics of climate change has suggested that climate policy is highly sensitive to ‘fat-tailed’ risks of catastrophic outcomes (Weitzman, 2009). read more »

Declining discount rates and the Fisher Effect: inflated past, discounted future?

Uncertain, yet persistent, real rates of return to capital underpin one argument for using a declining schedule of social discount rates. Yet persistency is only present … read more »