Climate Change & Environment
Food Security, Farming, and Climate Change to 2050
IFPRI
This 140-page study assesses how serious the danger to food security might be in the future and suggests some steps policymakers can take to remedy the situation
Poverty & Hunger, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-12-03
It’s the Right Carbon Price That’ll Turn Green Promises Into Projects
Europe's World
This article outlines the shape of a climate investment framework that could kick-start a determined investment drive in low-carbon technologies
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-12-03
Does Black Carbon Abatement Hamper CO2 Abatement?
CICERO
A Norwegian article about the case for abating black carbon
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-12-02
The Complicated Truth About Sea Level Rise
CICERO
A Norwegian article examining the complexities surrounding sea level rise
Climate Change & Environment, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-12-02
National Commitments, Compliance and the Future of the Kyoto Protocol
CEPS
This 8-page policy brief looks at the nature of the commitments and the compliance regime under the Kyoto Protocol
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-12-01
International Climate Change: A Negotiations Side-by-Side
CRS
A 23-page US report speculating on the future of climate change negotiations
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-30
Rethinking the Economic Borders of the State
SMF
This 29-page UK essay discusses how the shape of the state should change to confront the twin challenges of economic growth and environmental sustainability?
Governance & Politics, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-26
Climate Change Negotiations
Library of Parliament, Canada
A 9-page Canadian background paper dealing with the current status of climate change negotiations
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-23
Why an Emissions Trading Scheme Will Not be Effective in Reducing Future Carbon Emissions
Energy Efficient Strategies
This 9-page Australian paper argues that an emissions trading scheme has many drawbacks and needs to be carefully designed to meet its goals
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-16
Investing in Clean Energy
Global Climate Network
This 38-page study assesses the extent of the finance gap for clean energy in developing countries and analyses the barriers to scaling up private sector investment in low-carbon energy solutions
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-11-08
The Climate Finance Report: Are We Clearer Now?
ODI
A UK blog commenting on the report by the High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-05
Planning for a Sustainable Future: A Federal Sustainable Development Strategy for Canada
Environment Canada
An 84-page Canadian monograph describing the Canadian Government's strategy for putting environmental priorities squarely within the broader context of social and economic priorities
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-10-24
Environmental Crime in Australia
AIC
This Australian report discusses a wide range of activities and behaviours, from carelessness to deliberate acts, that result in environmental harm
Climate Change & Environment, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2010-10-18
Greener and Smarter: ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change
OECD
This 44-page report finds that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are a key enabler of “green growth” in all sectors of the economy. They are a key part of government strategies for a sustainable economic recovery
Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-10-18
Climate Change and Security
ORG
This 4-page UK briefing looks at the consequences of climate change for human security
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-10-12
Europe’s Radical Carbon Choice
Inside Story
This article reports that European governments are considering a plan to cut carbon emissions irrespective of what other countries decide
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-10-11
Trade Sanctions, Financial Transfers and BRIC Participation in Global Climate Change Negotiations
Elsevier
This 17-page Chinese paper investigates how the incentives for large population low wage rapidly growing countries in the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India, China) to participate in global climate change negotiations both as a sub-global coalition and individually can be affected by penalties (tariffs) inflicted or financial transfers made to them by the OECD
Climate Change & Environment, Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-10-07
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy
CRS
A 43-page US report considering governmental issues that may arise as a result of developments in geoengineering
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-09-26
Is There a Green Paradox?
CESifo
This working paper argues that a sufficiently rapidly rising carbon tax may increase near-term emissions compared with the case of no carbon tax
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-09-23
The Road to a Climate Change Agreement Runs Through Montreal
Peterson Institute
A 4-page US policy brief assessing the significance of the 1987 Montreal Protocol to address ozone layer depletion
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-09-04
Enriching the Planet: Empowering Europe
Clingendael
The 80-page report of a Dutch conference discussing the role the EU could play in catalysing the transition towards a more sustainable economy in the Union and abroad
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-09-02
HEAT: A Hands-on Energy Adaptation Toolkit
World Bank
This toolkit is designed to lead policymakers through an assessment of climate vulnerabilities and adaptation options in a country's energy sector
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-08-30
Mekong Tipping Point: Hydropower Dams, Human Security and Regional Stability
Stimson Center
This US paper describes how Mekong governments are making economic development decisions now that, if not soon reconsidered based on more careful study, will imperil food security and livelihoods, threaten domestic political stability, and put great stress on still distrustful regional relationships
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-23
Obama's New Climate Policy
SWP
This 47-page German paper discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by climate policy change in the US
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-23
Moscow After the Smoke: A Change of Thinking is Needed
FIIA
A 2-page Finnish commentary on Russia's preparedness to deal with rapid climate fluctuations
Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2010-08-22
Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change
The National Academy of Sciences et al.
This 4-page abbreviated report examines information needs relating to climate change and calls on the US federal government to build upon its existing efforts and those of state and local government, the private sector and citizens by establishing clear federal leadership, responsibility, and coordination for climate related decisions, climate risk management, information systems, and services
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-21
Climate Change, Well-being and Human Rights
PRI
A 17-page Canadian discussion paper on how the physical effects of climate change will intersect with society and economies and the potentially significant environmental and human impacts that will result
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2010-08-17
The Arctic Ozone Layer
Environment Canada
A 52-page Canadian report on how the Arctic Ozone Layer is Responding to Ozone-Depleting Chemicals and Climate Change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-17
Global Warming and Extreme Events: Rethinking the Timing and Intensity of Environmental Policy
CESifo
This 34-page working paper assesses the implications of low-probability extreme events on environmental policy
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-17
After Copenhagen
CFR
This US working paper examines alternatives to the current multilateral frameworks for addressing climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-13
Global Climate Change and the Resurgence of Tropical Disease: An Economic Approach
CESifo
A 21-page working paper studying the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2010-08-03
Concentrating Solar Power in China and India
CGD
A 24-page working paper offering a spatial analysis of the technical potential and the cost of deploying solar power in China and India
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-01
Revisiting the NAFTA Agenda on Climate Change
Peterson Institute
This 11-page US policy brief examines channels for energy and environmental cooperation among the three North American countries in light of the limited progress in international climate talks and scaled back energy legislation being considered in the US Senate
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-07-31
Benchmarking in the EU: Lessons from the EU Emissions Trading System for the Global Climate Change Agenda
CEPS
A 64-page report identifying the key issues arising from the current benchmarking exercise under the EU ETS and analyses the principal controversial topics on benchmark-based allocation, leading to a number of concrete recommendations
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-07-29
Trade and the Environment
WTO
An article describing the interaction between trade and the environment
Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-07-25
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict: Receiving Communities under Pressure
GMF
One of a series of eight eight background papers investigating the causes and repercussions of environmental migration
Climate Change & Environment, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-07-22
U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness
CRS
A 18-page US overview of evolving domestic views on salient aspects of U.S. Global Climate Change Policy
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-07-21
Summarizing the Investigations on Climate Science
WRI
A US article summarizing the findings of series of international investigations into recent climate science controversies
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-07-14
Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness: Evidence from Romania
IZA
A 22-page discussion paper studying whether stringency in environmental regulation affects trade flows and plant location
Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-07-14
Rapid Climate Change: What Can We Learn from the Past?
CICERO
This Norwegian article considers how rapidly large-scale, regional change from an ice age to an interglacial climate can take place
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-07-12
China and the United States: A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies
CRS
This 24-page US report compares the green energy programmes and policies of the US and China
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-07-08
Confronting the Crisis of International Climate Policy
Lowy Institute
This 24-page Australian policy brief proposes an international climate policy framework based on carbon prices rather than emissions targets
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-07-08
International Carbon Emissions Trading and Strategic Incentives to Subsidize Green Energy
CESifo
This 24-page working paper examines strategic incentives to subsidize green energy in a group of countries that operates an international carbon emissions trading scheme
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-06-24
Fresh Water Futures: Imagining Responses to Demand Growth, Climate Change, and the Politics of Water Resource Management
Stimson Center
The 27-page report of a US conference held to focus on the future of global fresh water resources and the politics of water resource management
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-06-13
Elephant in the Room: The New G77 and China Dynamics in Climate Talks
FIIA
A 9-page Finnish briefing paper assessing the stance of developing countries in respect of climate change talks and agreements
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-06-09
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
The Australia Institute
This 20-page Australian policy brief draws on the Australian experience with deforestation to identify some of the issues that might obstruct progress on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-06-02
A Seat at the Table: Including the Poor in Decisions for Development and Environment
WRI
This 28-page report closely examines access rights to environmental decision making in four countries: Cameroon, Paraguay, Philippines, and Sri Lanka
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-05-18
The Multiplicity of Climate and Rural Risk
DIIS
This 42-page Danish working paper explores the interplay between climate and other aspects of rural risk
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-05-17
Less Smoke, More Mirrors: Where India Really Stands on Solar Power and Other Renewables
CGD
A 17-page US working paper assessing India’s proposed renewable energy standard
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-05-03
Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis: The Quest for Green Growth
Brookings
A US report on the challenges facing attempts to control global warming in the current economic climate
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-04-28
International Climate Finance: Principles for European Support to Developing Countries
EDC
A 19-page working paper examining Europe’s approach to the provision of new finance in support of climate change actions in developing countries
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-04-26
Investment Contracts and Sustainable Development: How to Make Contracts for Fairer and More Sustainable Natural Resource Investments
IEED
This 104-page report discusses how to structure investment contracts for natural resource projects in ways that maximise the investment’s contribution to sustainable development
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-04-25
International Climate Policy: Priorities of Key Negotiating Parties
SWP
This 111-page German research paper presents the climate policy priorities of the six major emitters and the EU
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-04-20
From Angst to Action: Moving Forward After Copenhagen
WRI
This US article discusses where things stand after the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, and the key steps to ensure progress in Cancun
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-04-10
Harnessing International Institutions to Address Climate Change
CFR
This 27-page US working paper examines the existing climate-related efforts and capabilities, as well as the future potential, of a variety of international institutions
Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2010-04-05
Monitoring the Impact of Air Pollution on Asthma in Australia, A Methods Paper
AIHW
This 40-page paper discusses the challenges associated with monitoring the impact of air pollution on asthma, outlines the work that has so far been done in Australia in this area and presents a method for estimating the contribution of air pollution to asthma hospitalisations
Health, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-26
Low Carbon Jobs in an Interconnected World
Global Climate Network
This 37-page discussion paper focuses on the emerging debate concerning the creation of ‘low-carbon’ jobs
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-03-25
Making Carbon Offsets Work in the Developing World: Lessons from the Chinese Wind Controversy
FSI
This 41-page US working paper examines the application of additionality in the Chinese wind power market and draws implications for the design of effective global carbon offset policy
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-22
Combining Policies for Renewable Energy: Is the Whole Less than the Sum of Its Parts?
RFF
This 41-page US article reviews the recent environmental economics literature on the effectiveness of RES-E policies and the interactions between them, with a focus on the increasing use of tradable quotas for both emissions reduction and RES-E expansion
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-03-20
Biofuels Subsidies and the Green Paradox
CESifo
This 42-page working paper claims to demonstrate that, under a wide range of parameter values, biofuel subsidies will increase the rate of extraction of fossil fuels in the short and medium term, and possibly bring climate-change damages closer to the present
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-03-19
The Climate Challenge Now Offers the EU a Global Role
Europe's World
An article arguing that climate change offers Europe a chance to play a major role on the global scene in a fast-changing world
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-03-19
Beyond Copenhagen: Why Less May Be More in Global Climate Talks
CFR
A 3-page U~S article arguing that in order to make real progress on pressing climate issues, policymakers must give up on a binding deal and begin to look outside the UN process
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-15
The EU and the Global Climate Regime: Getting Back in the Game
FIIA
An 8-page Finnish briefing paper examines the post-Copenhagen position of the EU
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-03-13
Copenhagen, the Accord, and the Way Forward
Peterson Institute
This 17-page US policy brief assesses the two-week Cpenhagen conference, evaluates the Copenhagen Accord that resulted, and discusses key issues the international community will face moving forward
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-10
Less Smoke, More Mirrors: Where India Really Stands on Solar Power and Other Renewables
CGD
A 17-page US paper offering an assessment of India’s proposed renewable energy standard
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-10
Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Looking to 2020
CRS
This 22-page US report considers the lessons to be learnt from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-08
Understanding India’s Climate Agenda
CEPS
This 6-page policy brief discusses some of the factors that are key to understanding India’s climate agenda with an emphasis on the country’s challenges in development, adaptation, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-03
Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe,
CEPS
A 27-page working paper reviewing the potential impacts of climate change on 11 key indicator categories and 3 large regions covering the entire European Union
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-03-03
Trade and Deforestation: What Have We Found?
WTO
A research article on the linkage between trade and deforestation
Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-02-26
From Declaration to Real Protection
DIIS
This 48-page Danish report finds that genuine protection of declared protected areas depends on an explicit focus on how to manage actors and their mutual relations
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-26
Integrating Environment and Development in Viet Nam: Achievements, Challenges and Next Steps
IIED
This 60-psge report reviews what has worked well in integrating environment and development objectives in Viet Nam, as well as what currently constrains integration. It assesses future needs, given rapidly changing demographic, economic and environmental situations
International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-25
Copenhagen's Climate Finance Promise: Six Key Questions
IIED
This 4-page briefing explores the wording in the Copenhagen Accord to unearth six big questions about the promise of climate finance – any one of which could seriously challenge the trust these funds were designed to build
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-25
Five Years of Kyoto
Brookings
A US article reflecting on the wider meaning and significance of the Kyoto Protocol, an instrument into which perhaps too many expectations were invested
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-25
Attacks on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Obscure Real Science
UCSUSA
A series of explanatory backgrounders on specific allegations about the IPCC report (introductory page linking to individual backgounders)
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-18
Adaptation of Agriculture and the Food System to Climate Change: Policy Issues
RFF
A 12-page US issue brief discussing how government policies are likely to affect the ability of agriculture and food sector to adapt to climate change
Climate Change & Environment, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-02-15
Climate Adaptation and Federal Megsadisaster Policy: Lessons from Katrina
RFF
This 16-page US issue brief addresses the challenges of dealing with natural megadisasters
Climate Change & Environment, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-02-15
Transformative Technology for a Sustainable Future
Nautilus Institute
This 8-page US article looks at some of the possible technological breakthroughs that could pave the way to a sustainable future
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-02-11
Displacing Coal with Generation from Existing Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants
CRS
This US report provides an overview of the issues involved in displacing coal-fired generation with electricity from existing natural gas plants
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-02-04
Carbon Capture and Storage: Selected Economic and Institutional Aspects
wiiw
This 48-page Austrian study provides a general overview of CCS and of related economic and institutional challenges ahead of its probable commercial deployment
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-02-04
Enabling Green Growth: Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation
OECD
This 280-page report analyses the nature and processes of eco-innovation; discusses existing sustainable manufacturing indicators; examines methodologies for measuring eco-innovation; and takes stock of national strategies and policy initiatives for eco-innovation
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-02-03
Intergenerational Report 2010
Treasury - Australia
This 190-page report assesses the challenges Australia will face over the next 40 years, including an ageing population, escalating pressures on the health system, and the environmental and economic challenges of climate change
Ageing, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-02
Climate Change Update 2009
Parliamentary Library - Victoria
An Australian overview paper, which updates climate change, providing recent findings of research conducted by climate scientists world-wide. Key data presented on carbon dioxide emissions, global surface temperatures and sea level rise, with a brief guide to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-02
Global Security, Climate Change, and the Arctic
ACDIS
A 24-page US report on the complex set of global security challenges that are emerging as a result of warmer temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic region
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-25
Smart Sensor Networks: Technologies and Applications for Green Growth
OECD
This 48-page report gives an overview of sensor technologies and applications, and quantifies their environmental impacts
Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-21
The Challenges of Environmental Mainstreaming
IIED
This 108-page UK report reviews the rapidly changing context and challenges to environmental mainstreaming, discusses what it takes to achieve effective mainstreaming, and provides a roadmap for selecting operational methods and tools
Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2010-01-19
The Economics of Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events in Developing Countries
CGDev
This 35-page paper assesses the economics of adaptation to extreme weather events in developing countries
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-01-15
Past Decade the Hottest on Record
EPI
A US note on global temperature trends and their consequences
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-15
The Climate of Belief: American Public Opinion on Climate Change
Brookings
A 15-page report on a US study of American public opinion on various aspects of the climate change debate
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-14
Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change: Principles for Innovation and Access to Low-Carbon Technology
CGDev
This 8-page note asserts that negotiators can harness the potential of intellectual property (IP) by creating “global access principles” for all UNFCCC-affiliated multilateral funds
Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-01-10
New-generation Reactors Help Reduce Nuclear Waste
Academy of Finland
A Finnish press release highlighting the development of advanced technologies that offer ways of reducing the quantity of nuclear waste
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-08
GE Crops Show Uncertain Prospects for Reducing Nitrogen Pollution
UCS
This 46-page US report finds no genetically engineered crops have increased nitrogen efficiency, while traditional plant breeding and other methods have shown success
Climate Change & Environment, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-01-08
Warming Increases the Risk of Civil War in Africa
PNAS
A 5-page US article highlighting the risk of civil wars being sparked in Africa by global warming
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-08
Sharing the Load: A Multi-country Survey of the Willingness to Pay for Slowing Climate Change
RFF
This 2-page US issue brief gives the results of a survey of US citizens and Swedes who were asked to define their willingness to pay to avaoid the consequences of global temperature changes
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-07
Climate Change Governance: Boundaries and Leakage
RFF
A 62-page US discussion paper addressing how to create incentives for the major developing countries to reduce carbon emissions
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-07
An African Union? The Shortcomings of Africa’s Strategy in Copenhagen
Stimson Center
A US commentary on Africa's strategy in Copenhagen
Climate Change & Environment, RegionalPosted: 2010-01-05
Beyond Copenhagen: Securitising Climate Change
FRIDE
This 5-page Spanish policy brief explains that one of the main imperatives beyond Copenhagen will be to incorporate the geopolitical dimensions of climate change fully into a broadened external energy security policy
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-01-04
The Copenhagen Accord - A First Stab at Deciphering the Implications for the EU
CEPS
This 8-page commentary is a first attempt at deciphering the implications of the Copenhagen Accord for the EU.
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-12-29
Climate Change and Hunger
IFPRI
This 108-page US report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger. It summarizes knowledge from global studies completed and provides an overview of actions that can be taken to address the challenge
Poverty & Hunger, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-12-18
Climate Change, Land and Security
SIPRI
A Swedish essay on the interaction of climate change and security
Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-12-18
Other Worlds are Possible: Human Progress in an Age of Climate Change
NEF
This 68-page report calls for new economic approaches to international development which are more in tune with the needs of people and the planet
Climate Change & Environment, Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-12-15