Rockström, J., Brasseur, G., Hoskins, B., Lucht, W., Schellnhuber, J., Kabat, P., Nakicenovic, N., Gong, P., Schlosser, P., Máñez Costa, M., Humble, A., Eyre, N., Gleick, P., James, R., Lucena, … read more »
Chapter 1 in: Innovation: managing risk, not avoiding it – The Government Chief Scientific Adviser’s annual report for 2014. Government Office for Science. – Download the full report – Download the Executive Summary Headline Issue The infrastructure created by humans and the natural infrastructure of the planet are both vital for our survival and wellbeing. […]
Since Nicholas Stern published his influential ‘Review on the Economics of Climate Change’ for the British government in 2006, economists have become increasingly interested in how the value of climate policy, especially the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at the global level, depends on risk and uncertainty. New lines of research make the case that mitigating climate change is above all an exercise in catastrophic risk management. read more »
Buontempo C; Hewitt CD; Doblas-Reyes FJ; Dessai S (2014). In: Climate Risk Management, 6, pp.1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.crm.2014.10.002
A growing paradigm of ‘engaging the private sector’ is noticeable in all areas of climate risk management and adaptation. However, there is limited empirical investigation into what action companies are … read more »
Falloon, P, Challinor, AJ, Dessai, S, Hoang, L, Johnson, JS and Koehler, AK (2013). In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2. 33. ISSN 1540-9295
Wesselink A; Challinor AJ; Watson J; Beven K; Allen I; Hanlon H; Lopez A; Lorenz S; Otto F; Morse A; Rye C; Saux-Picard S; Stainforth D; Suckling E (2015). In: Climatic Change. 132(1), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10584-014-1213-1
This paper reviews the implications of Loss and Damage L&D for decision-making with a special focus on the role of climate science. read more »
Stratospheric injection of sulphate aerosols has been advocated as an emergency geoengineering measure to tackle dangerous climate change, or as a stop-gap until atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are reduced. But it may not prove to be the game-changer that some imagine. read more »
Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus’ framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions read more »
