Metas de redução de emissões são insuficientes, revela estudo
31 August, Estado de Minas
Topic: Climate justice and ethics
China, climate change and cricket … Kevin Rudd makes his debut as a CNN host
29 August, Sydney Morning Herald
U.N.: Tackling climate change is a long-term commitment
CNN, 28 August
The private sector in climate governance: Opportunities for climate compatible development through multilevel industry-government engagement
Globally, the sustainable development agenda is undergoing a process of climatisation. This means that climate change mitigation and adaptation are influencing the design and delivery of development initiatives. This paper explores the extent to which climate governance influences the role and practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in development. We draw on case study evidence […]
Pacific island nation calls for moratorium on new coal mines
Reuters, 13 August
Discounting disentangled: an expert survey on the determinants of the long-term social discount rate
This working paper finds that current policy guidance concerning social discounting and the evaluation of long-term public projects needs to be updated. read more »
The climate beta
This paper examines the question of whether fighting climate change has the additional advantage of reducing the aggregate risk borne by future generations. This raises the question of the ‘climate beta’, i.e. the elasticity of climate damages with respect to a change in aggregate consumption. read more »
Understanding climate finance for the Paris summit in December 2015 in the context of financing for sustainable development for the Addis Ababa conference in July 2015
Paper asserts that overseas aid to support developing countries should be interwoven with efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It claims that efforts to separate the two could be deeply damaging. read more »
Social time discounting: Institutional and analytical perspectives
The key analytical aspects of social time discounting were largely resolved by the early 1970s, the main developments since then being empirical studies and more emphasis, since the mid 1990s, … read more »
Development Aid and Climate Finance
Eyckmans, J., S. Fankhauser, and S. Kverndokk (2015). In Environmental and Resource Economics