Energy systems are subject to strong and long-lived path dependence, owing to technological, infrastructural, institutional and behavioural lock-ins. Yet, with the prospect of providing accessible cheap energy to stimulate economic … read more »
It is still too early to know all the ways in which the UK’s departure from the European Union will affect the climate change policy of the 28 current Member … read more »
Commenting today on the publication both by the UK Government of the proposed Fifth Carbon Budget and by the Committee on Climate Change of its annual progress report, Lord Stern … read more »
Responding to a speech today by Amber Rudd, the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Lord Stern of Brentford, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate … read more »
This paper investigates whether importing intermediate goods improves firm-level environmental performance in a developing country, using data from the Indonesian manufacturing sector. We build a simple theoretical model showing that … read more »
Turning greenhouse gas emissions pledges into domestic policies is the next challenge for governments. We address the question of the acceptability of cost-effective climate policy in a real-voting setting. First, … read more »
It is often held that the UK has been something of a leader in its response to climate change, and that the USA has been more of a laggard. Whilst much of this debate relates to government policy, in this paper we consider whether this is true when it comes to corporate action on climate […]
This is a submission by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics … read more »
The CCCEP Policy Innovation fund supported a project to explore the feasibility and perceived usefulness of an indicator of confidence in climate change policies. This final report presents the analysis … read more »
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