Policy pointers

Climate Change & Environment

Biofuels Production, Trade and Sustainable Development: Emerging Issues

IIED

This 60-page paper seeks to identify the main sustainable development issues involved in the production and trade of biofuels

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2006-11-22

Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa: Impacts, Experiences and Future Directions

IIED

This 171-page review provides an unprecedented pan-African synthesis of CBNRM, drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-10-28

Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change: An Update

iied

This 4-page UK briefing reassesses the role of community-based adaptation (CBA) in building resilience to climate change in poor communities

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-06-04

Local Action, Global Aspiration

IIED

This 80-page review documents how community conservation can contribute to human well-being and the preservation of natural resources in developing countries

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-11-22

Green China: Chinese Insights on Environment and Development

IIED

This 220-page book, which brings together writings from China’s leading thinkers on sustainable development, reflects on experiences to date, such as experiments with Green GDP accounting, and implementation of Green for Grain, the world’s biggest reforestation programme, as well as China’s role in climate negotiations

Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2012-04-04

Assessing the Costs of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Critique of the UNFCCC Estimates

IIED

This 116-page book takes another look at the costs of adapting to climate change and finds that the estimates for 2030 used by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are likely to be substantial under-estimates

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-08

Climate Change and Urban Children: Impacts and Implications for Adaptation

IIED

This 74-page UK paper discusses the probable impacts for children from the increasing risks that climate change is likely to bring to urban centres in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Climate Change & Environment, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-04-30

A Sustainable Future for the Polar Regions

IIED

This 6-page UK brief calls for a coherent strategy to achieve sustainable development for the polar regions

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-04-30

A New Era in Sustainable Development

IIED

A 4-page briefing paper calling for a new approach to sustainable development

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-03-27

The Global Environment Facility: Managing the Transition

IFRI

This 114-page French report makes an assessment of the Global Environment Facility, the only global financial mechanism with a mandate to protect the global environment. It analyses its evolution and current challenges, and makes some policy-oriented recommendation for the future

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-07-31

The Results of Negotiations on the “Climate and Energy Package”

ifri

This French article details the agreement reached last December on the Climate and Energy Package proposed by the European Commission to achieve two of the objectives set up by the European Council in March 2007: a 20% reduction of EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2020 compared to 1990 levels (a 30% reduction in case an international agreement on climate change is concluded); and a 20% share of renewable energy sources in EU energy consumption by 2020, with a 10% target for biofuels

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-02-28

The World’s Freshwater Supply is in Demand—and Under Threat

IFPRI,Veolia

This 12-page study demonstrates how inefficient water management—in lieu of available sustainable practices—will significantly undermine society’s ability to grow, and will impact the quality of life of millions of people and our planet’s environmental water resources

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-03-24

Environmental Migrants: A Myth?

IFPRI

This 8-page US brief reviews recent evidence, examines main research challenges in identifying migration–climate links and discusses the policy options for formalizing migration as an adaptation mechanism to climate change

Climate Change & Environment, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2012-05-09

Agriculture and Climate Change: An Agenda for Negotiation in Copenhagen

IFPRI

A 2-page brief on how to put agriculture on the agenda of the United Nations Framework Convention in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-04-22

How Will Agriculture Adapt to a Shiftiing Climate?

IFPRI

An article describing steps that can be taken to minimise losses and adapt to a changing climate in developing countries

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-01-15

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

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

Economics of Land Degradation

IFPI, ZEF

An 8-page issue brief assessing the costs of action versus inaction over desertification

Climate Change & Environment, Economic PolicyPosted: 2011-10-04

The Indirect Land Use Change Impact of Biofuels – IEEP Launches Analysis of EU Nations Projected Use of Biofuels and their Consequences

IEEP

This 24-page report analyses the indirect land use change (ILUC) impact of the substantial additional biofuel usage that will be generated up to 2020 by the targets under the EU renewable energy Directive

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2010-12-13

Scope Options for EU Action on Invasive Alien Species (IAS)

IEEP

This 109-page report reviews the legal and policy framework for invasive alien species

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-11-03

The Relationsship between the CAP and Biodiversity

IEEP

The 66-page report of a seminar held to discuss the relationship between the EU Common Agricultural Policy and biodiversity

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2007-08-18

The Future of EU Environmental Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

IEEP

This 82-page report sets out the main environmental policy challenges which will face the new European Parliament and European Commission over the next five years

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-07-21

Climate Change-Induced Water Stress and its Impact on Natural and Managed Ecosystems

IEEP

A 108-page European report on the complex links between global warming and the world's water

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2008-03-16

Cap and Trade in Europe

IEEP

A 10-page paper reviewing the workings of the EU's Cap and Trade system for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2007-12-05

Mainstreaming the Environment and Climate Change in the post-2013 EU Budget

IEEP

This 8-page paper analyses the proposed mainstreaming of climate change, biodiversity and resource efficiency in the Commission’s proposals for the next EU budget

European Union, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-08-12

Unfit for Purpose: How Car Use Fuels Climate Change and Obesity

IEEP

A 75-page report highlighting the extent to which car use is implicated in the increase in obesity and rising CO2 emissions

Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2007-08-18

Value of Biodiversity

IEEP

A 132-page report documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss has led to the loss of ecosystem services

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2006-08-18

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

Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas

IEED

A 124-page paper dealing with the possibilities and constraints for adaptation to climate change in low- and middle-income countries

Climate Change & Environment, Urban IssuesPosted: 2007-11-07

Global Warming False Alarms

IEA

A 48-page UK monograph challenging the case fro political intervention to reduce carbon emissions

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-03-11

Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists

IEA

An 87-page document questioning some of the underlying assumptions and proposals of the climate change policy activists

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-09-23

Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Actiists

IEA

This 87-page UK monograph asserts that climate change is better confronted by market-based adaptation than by central planning

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-10-23

Clearing Up ASEAN's Hazy Relations

IDSS

A 3-page commentary on air quality in the ASEAN region

Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2006-10-25

The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and India

IDSA

An Indian commentary on the implications of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, for India

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-01-09

Population Growth, Environment and Food Security: What Does the Future Hold?

IDS

A 4-page UK brief considering the effect of population growth on the environment and food security

Poverty & Hunger, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-10

Growth Strategies in a Greener World

IDE

This 23-page Japanese discussion paper examines current developments in the global market that would affect industrialization prospects in East Asia and explores development strategies that are suitable for development based on export oriented manufacturing industries in a green world

Economic Policy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-12-07

Climate Change and Cities

id21

A UK article addressing the challenges of adaptation to climate change in cities

Climate Change & Environment, Urban IssuesPosted: 2008-02-25

Assessment of CDM Capacity Building Activities in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam - Lessons Learned

HWWA

A 32-page German discussion paper reviewing the effectiveness of capacity-building activities in promoting CDM activities in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-25

Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change: Full Report

HM Treasury - UK

A comprehensive UK review of the economics of climate change (single page linking to eacxh chapter)

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-31

From GHGs Abatement Potential to Viable CDM Projects: The Cases of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

A 44-page study evaluating the CDM potential in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-02-21

On the Integration of Carbon Capture and Storage into the International Climate Regime

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

A 34-page discussion paper assessing the viability of Carbon Capture and Storage as a climate change mitigation option

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-12-04

The Clean Development Mechanism, Sustainable Development and its Assessment

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

This 119-page German report assesses wther the Clean Development Mechanism established in the Kyoto Protocol is fulfilling its objectives

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-05-11

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme - Issues and Challenges

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

A 3-page assessment of the E.U.'s Emissions Trading Scheme, to be launched January 2005

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2004-06-18

Climate Response: Issues, Costs and Liabilities in Adapting to Climate Change in Australia

Griffith Climate Response Program

A 43-page paper outlining issues relevant to the debate on adapting to climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-08-08

Markets to Reduce Pollution: Cheaper than Expected

Grattan Institute

A 25-page Australian report finding that technology innovation is the key to reducing carbon emissions cheaply

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-12-15

Migration and Global Environmental Change

Government Office for Science

This 234-page UK report has examined how environmental changes will influence and interact with patterns of global human migration over the next 50 years

Climate Change & Environment, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2011-12-22

Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

Government of South Australians

A 34-page report to the South Australian government recommending long-term change for the way South Australians live and do business

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-06-18

Climate Change: South Australia's Greenhouse Strategy 2007-2020

Government of South Australia

A 92-page comprehensive plan by the South Australian government to address climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-06-18

Five-Year Progress Report: Canada-Wide Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone

Government of Canada

A 94-page Canadian report outlining progress made to meeting Canada-wide standards for particulate matter and ozone

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-03-05

The Effect of EU Climate Legislation on Business Competitiveness

GMFUS

This 23-page US paper offers a snapshot of how several companies have fared under the EU ETS

European Union, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-17

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

Bridging the Transatlantic Climate Divide

Globus Institute for Globalisation and Sustainable Development

This 49-page Dutch paper proposes a model to measure changes in U.S. and European attitudes to coping with climate change

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-10

Past and Future of the Kyoto Protocol

Globus - Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development

A 59-page Dutch study into the achievements of and the prospects for the Kyoto Protocol

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-15

Globalization and National Environmental Policy: Taking Stock of Changes in Government Intervention in Response to Globalization

Globus

Papers presented at this international conference held in Holland to consider how globalization has affected government environmental policy

Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2004-10-08

Climate Mitigation or Technological Revolution? A Critical Choice of Futures

Global Dynamic Systems Centre

A76-page Australian working paper doubting the reliability of the science underpinning climate mitigation

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-04-01

The Economics of Phasing Out PVC

Global Development and Environment Institute

This 57-page report argues that PVC is a hazardous material and discusses the introduction of alternatives

Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2004-04-12

An Overview of Climate Change

Global Development and Environment Institute

This 37-page US paper attempts a forecast of the consequeces of climate change, focusing on the lives of people in rich countries

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-04-02

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

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

Closing the Mitigation Gap

Global Climate Network

This 10-page paper spells out what is perhaps the greatest policy challenge of our age: on the one hand, current proposals for 2020 emissions cuts in industrialised countries are insufficient to ensure that global reductions are kept on track for a halving or better by 2050. Yet on the other, developing countries are unlikely to accept the substantial costs associated with closing this gap while they remain relatively poor and use less energy per capita.

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-12-31

Innovative Energy Technologies and Climate Policy in Germany

German Institute for Economic Research

This 35-page discussion paper examines the role of advanced electricity generating technologies within a future German electricity system

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-08-25

The Environmental and Economic Effects of Emissions Trading

German Institute for Economic Research

A 24-page working paper analyzing the effects of emissions trading in Europe, with special reference to Germany

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2005-12-09

Renewable Energies for Sustainable Development: Impulses for Renewables 2004

German Advisory Council on Global Change

This 24-page policy paper proposes concrete measures to initiate and advance a global transformation of energy systems towards sustainability

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-16

Global Climate Change: Can Agriculture Cope?

GCIAR

A briefing dossier on the threat to agriculture posed by climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-11-14

Garnaut Climate Change Review: Draft Report

Garnaut Climate Change Review

A 22-page summary of the draft report of a review examining the impacts, challenges and opportunities of climate change for Australia

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-07-12

The Garnaut Review 2011: Australia in the Global Response to Climate Change

Garnaut Climate Change Review

This 244-page Australian publication, the final report of the process updating the original Garnaud Review, is the product of seven months of careful research, analysis, expert studies and consultation, which have examined key developments in the past two and a half years across a range of areas -- the climate science, global greenhouse gas emissions, international progress on climate change mitigation, Australia’s land and electricity sectors, innovation and technology, and carbon pricing

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-06-02

Emissions in the Platinum Age

Garnaut Climate Change Review

This 32-page Australian paper examines the implications of rapid development for climate control mitigation

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-05-02

An Overview of 'Dangerous' Climate Change

FSI Stanford

A 17-page US paper outlining the basic science of climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-11-08

Convergence of Energy and Agriculture: Implications for Research and Policy

FSI Stanford

This 12-page US paper seeks to identify the most critical issues raised by a rapid expansion of biofuel capacity

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-01-17

The Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy

FSI

This 29-page US working paper examines the prospects for the large-scale deployment of CCS in China

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-09-05

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

Climate Change: The Costs of Inaction

Friends of the Earth

A 48-page report examining the financial, environmental and social costs of global temperature increases

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-11-03

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

Probalilistic Assessment of "Dangerous" Climate Change and Emissions Pathways

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

An 8-page U.S. paper containing analyses presenting a "likelihood framework" to differentiate future emissions pathways with regard to their potential for preventing "dangerous anthropogenic interference" (DAI) with the climate system.

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-10-27

Critical Topics in Global Warming

Fraser Institute

A Canadian paper arguing that popularized notions about the causes and consequences of global warming are more fiction than fact

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-05-11

Crossing the River: China in the International Climate Change Negotiations

FPC

This 6-page UK paper examines China's negotiating positions in climate change negotiations

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-02-09

Certification in Complex Socio-Political Settings: Looking Forward to the Next Decade

Forest Trends

This 41-page paper is one of a series covering critical challenges for the continued growth of certification to impact sustainable forestry around the globe

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-05-17

The European Union and the Challenge of Water Scarcity

Fondation Robert Schuman

A French policy paper addressing the issue of water shortage from a European perspective

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-02-03

Euros for Low-carbon Development: Finance as a Stumbling Block to the EU's position for Copenhagen

FIIA

A 6-page Finnish briefing paper on the EU's efforts to develop an agreed position on climate change mitigation in advance of the Copenhagen negotiations

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-05-21

Towards a New Climate Regime? Views of China, India, Japan, Russia and the United States in the Road to Copenhagen

FIIA

This 134-page Finnish report outlines the backgrounds of five major carbon emitters: China, India, Japan, Russia and the United States and their views on the post-2012 pact, and contemplates these views in light of the EU position

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-05-21

The Russian Debate on Climate Doctrine: Emerging Issues on the Road to Copenhagen

FIIA

This 7-page Finnish briefing paper studies Russian attitudes to climate change mitigation

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-07-16

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

The Russian Debate on Climate Doctrine: Emerging Issues on the Road to Copenhagen

FIIA

This 7-page Finnish issue paper considers Russian attitudes towards climate change policy

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-06-15

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

Russia And The Post-2012 Climate Regime: Foreign Rather Than Environmental Policy

FIIA

An 8-page Finnish briefing paper examining the politics of climate change mitigation in Russia

Climate Change & Environment, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2008-12-05

Climate Sudoku: Japan's Bumpy Ride Towards a Post-2012 Target

FIIA

This 6-page Finnish briefing paper examines Japan's "green" performance in relation to its Kyoto commitments

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-15

The Dead Souls: How to Deal with the Russian Surplus?

FIIA

An 8-page Finnish briefing paper examining the problem of Russia's surplus emission allowances

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-15

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

Russia And The Post-2012 Climate Regime: Foreign Rather Than Environmental Policy

FIIA

This 8-page Finnish briefing paper assesses Russia's stance in respect of the post-2012 international climate regime

Climate Change & Environment, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2009-01-07

Governing the Blue-green Baltic Sea: Societal Challenges of Marine Eutrophication Prevention

FIIA

The aim of this 156-page Finnish report is to improve Baltic Sea eutrophication protection by identifying the challenges of more effective Baltic Sea eutrophication governance at national, regional and European Union levels, and the examination of nutrient trading as an instrument to more effectively combat eutrophication

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-12-05

Climate Sudoku: Japan's Bumpy Ride Towards a Post-2012 Target

FIIA

An 8-page Finnish briefing paper on Japan's contribution towards climate change mitigation

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-08-29

A Shot in the Arm for Climate Finance?

FES

A 15-page German paper examining the prospects for climate change mitigation and adaptation finance

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-02-10

How Much Is 100 Billion US Dollars? Climate Finance between Adequacy and Creative Accounting

FES

This 15-page German policy analysis addressing key unresolved questions concerning international climate finance

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-08-11

Sustainable Global Governance for the 21st century

FES

This 52-page US report provides recommendations for the UN to position itself to effectively manage new global challenges, such as the economic and financial crisis, climate change, the food and energy crises

Governance & Politics, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-17