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Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Mission: To advance public and private action on climate change through rigorous, innovative research.
Climate change is happening, and it has been proved beyond reasonable doubt that human activities are the main cause. The consequences of climate change could be enormous if we carry on with ‘business as usual.’ But it is not yet clear how our economic, social and political systems can respond to the challenge:
- What action should we take to create low-carbon economies?
- What strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be effective, efficient and fair?
- How much should we invest, and when, on measures to reduce our vulnerability and exposure to climate change?
- Who should bear the costs, and who will enjoy the benefits?
Hosted jointly by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science, and chaired by Nicholas Stern, the Centre brings together some of the world’s leading researchers on climate change economics and policy, from many different disciplines. The CCCEP makes available a range of high quality research, which has a practical application.
The Centre has five inter-linked research programmes:
- Developing climate science and economics
- Climate change governance for a new global deal
- Adaptation to climate change and human development
- Governments, markets and climate change mitigation
- The Munich Re Programme: Evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector.
Visit the Center's website for in depth information and publications on Climate Change Economics and Policy.
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
The Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change is available to be downloaded from The National Archives (UK) either on a chapter-by-chapter basis or in parts covering broader themes.
The Climate Divide
The Climate Divide: Rich Nations Find It Easier to Adapt
"Over the last few decades, as scientists have intensified their studies of the human effects on climate and of the effects of climate change on humans, a common theme has emerged: in both respects, the world is a very unequal place.
In almost every instance, the people most at risk from climate change live in countries that have contributed least to the atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to the recent warming of the planet.
Those most vulnerable countries also tend to be the poorest. And the countries that face the least harm - and are best equipped to deal with the harm they do face - tend to be the richest...."
Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, April 2, 2007.
The Climate Divide Audio Slide Show - Produced by Sarah Graham, Voice of Andrew C. Revkin
Interactive Feature: Winners and Losers
The Economic Cost of Climate Change in Africa
This November 2009 report from the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance recommends:
- Developed countries must immediately make significant cuts in emissions, and commit to cuts of at least 45 per cent by 2020 and 85-95 per cent by 2050 (relative to 1990 levels).
- The potential cost to Africa of adapting to climate change will reach at least US$10 billion - but will more likely be in the region of US$30 billion – every year by 2030.
- Current mitigation spending through the carbon market does not provide the capital Africa needs to develop in a low-carbon, sustainable way. Africa needs between US$510 and US$675 billion between 2010 and 2030 for low-carbon future growth.
Download the report:
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/images/economic-cost-of-climate-change-in-africa.pdf
The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity for Policy Makers
This report demonstrates the value of ecosystems and biodiversity to the economy, to society and to individuals. It underlines the urgency of action, as well as the benefits and opportunities that will arise as a result of taking such action. The report shows that the cost of sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services is lower than the cost of allowing biodiversity and ecosystem services to dwindle. It demonstrates how we can take into account the value of ecosystems and biodiversity in policy decisions and identify and support solutions, new instruments, and wider use of existing tool in order to pioneer a way forward. In so doing, the report addresses the needs of policy-makers and those in the policy-making process.
(Contents) http://www.teebweb.org/ForPolicymakers/tabid/1019/language/en-US/Default.aspx
(PDF) http://www.teebweb.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=I4Y2nqqIiCg%3d&tabid=924&language=en-US