Gauging economic consensus on climate change
The authors conducted a large-sample global survey on climate economics, which we sent to all economists who have published climate-related research in the field’s highest-ranked academic journals; 738
Climate Economics
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National contributions for decarbonizing the world economy in line with the G7 agreement
<p>In June 2015, the G7 agreed to two global mitigation goals: 'a decarbonization of the global economy over the course of this century' and 'the upper end of the latest Intergovernmental Panel
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Economic structural change as an option for mitigating the impacts of climate change
Improving the resilience of the economy in the face of uncertain climate change damages involves irreversible investments to scale up new technologies that are less vulnerable to the effects of climate
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‘Climate value at risk’ of global financial assets
Investors and financial regulators are increasingly aware of climate-change risks. So far, most of the attention has fallen on whether controls on carbon emissions will strand the assets of fossil-fuel
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Statistical forecasting: how fast will future warming be?
A new paper published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation explains how statistical forecasting methods can provide an important contrast to climate model-based predictions of future global warming.
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Carving out a model for enhancing CO {-2} sinks
In the Paris Summit (United States Conference on Climate Change), held during December 2015, India has strongly advocated climate justice and adhered to the principles of equity and common but differentiated
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Uncertainty in greenhouse gas emission scenario projections: experiences from Mexico and South Africa
UNEP DTU Partnership has released the report Uncertainty in Greenhouse-gas Emission Scenario Projections, which outlines approaches to quantify the uncertainty associated with national-level projections
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Inequality, climate impacts on the future poor, and carbon prices
<p>Hundreds of published papers produce “optimal” trajectories of global emissions of carbon dioxide, and corresponding carbon prices, over this century, taking into account future damages
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Climate change accord could make India a world leader
Paris: The successful conclusion of the Climate Change Summit here will offer India an opportunity to position itself as the leader of the developing world. If, however, India does not agree with the rest
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Climate change talks enter final phase, India promises positivity
Environment Ministers from across the world today converged here for crucial talks in the final leg of the climate summit amid hopes to secure a concrete pact to curb greenhouse gas emissions as a “pro-
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Climate finance on agenda: Don’t shift responsibility on funds, India tells developed nations
“The emphasis should be on the amount of money that is being raised and not on the number of countries in the donor list,” said Ajay Mathur, a key Indian negotiator. Rejecting attempts to force some