Climate Change & Energy

Climate change is real and man-made. It will come as a big surprise that climate change from 1900 to 2025 has mostly been a net benefit, rising to increase welfare about 1.5% GDP per year.

Summaries and download links to all our research papers on solutions to Climate Change below.

Publications

Malawi paper
Technical Report

Malawi Priorities: Utilities

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Best buys for Africa paper
Fast-track Analysis

Best buys for Africa: Solar energy for unreliable urban grids

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Best buys for Africa paper
Fast-track Analysis

Best buys for Africa: Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Africa

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Ghana research paper
Technical Report

Ghana Priorities: Rural Electrification

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AP research paper

Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Energy Distribution, ILFS

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AP research paper

Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Outdoor Air Pollution, Bhattacharjya

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AP research paper

Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Indoor Air Pollution, Larsen

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AP research paper

Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Energy Storage, Bandyopadhyay

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Raj research paper

Rajasthan Priorities: Energy Distribution, ILFS

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Raj research paper

Rajasthan Priorities: Outdoor Air Pollution, Bhattacharjya

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Raj research paper

Rajasthan Priorities: Energy Last Mile, ILFS

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Raj research paper

Rajasthan Priorities: Indoor Air Pollution, Larsen

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Raj research paper

Rajasthan Priorities: Energy Storage, Bandyopadhyay

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Hors-réseau, Kashi

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Réforme de l’électricité , Belt Kashi

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Production d’énergie, Kashi Belt

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Énergies renouvelables , Kashi

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Offgrid, Kashi

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Electricity Reform, Belt Kashi

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Energy Generation, Kashi Belt

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Renewables, Kashi

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise : Le transport d'électricité, Pauyo

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Haiti research paper

Haïti Priorise: Electricity Transmission, Pauyo

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Bangladesh paper

Bangladesh Priorities: Solar Energy, Haque

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Bangladesh paper

Bangladesh Priorities: Climate Adaptation, Golub and Golub

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Bangladesh paper

Bangladesh Priorities: Energy, Gunatilake and Roland-Holst

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Post2015 paper
Assessment Paper

Post-2015 Consensus: Climate Change Assessment, Galiana

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Post2015 paper
Perspective Paper

Post-2015 Consensus: Climate Change Perspective, Mendelsohn

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Post2015 paper
Perspective Paper

Post-2015 Consensus: Climate Change Perspective, Fischer

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Post2015 paper
Assessment Paper

Post-2015 Consensus: Energy Assessment, Galiana Sopinka

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Post2015 paper
Perspective Paper

Post-2015 Consensus: Energy Perspective, Moss Gleave

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Post2015 paper
Perspective Paper

Post-2015 Consensus: Energy Perspective, Morris

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Policy Advice

Preliminary Benefit-Cost Assessment of Final OWG Targets

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Policy Advice

Preliminary Benefit-Cost Assessment for 12th Session OWG Goals

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Policy Advice

Preliminary Benefit-Cost Assessment for 11th Session OWG Goals

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How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World
Assessment Paper

A Scorecard for Humanity: Climate Change, Tol

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CC2012 paper
Assessment Paper

Third Copenhagen Consensus: Technology-led Mitigation Assessment, Galiana Green

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CC2012 paper
Assessment Paper

Third Copenhagen Consensus: Emission Abatement Assessment, Tol

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CC2012 paper
Assessment Paper

Third Copenhagen Consensus: Climate Engineering Assessment, Bickel Lane

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CC2012 paper
Assessment Paper

Third Copenhagen Consensus: Climate Change Adaptation Assessment, Carraro et al

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CC2012 paper
Perspective Paper

Third Copenhagen Consensus: Climate Change Perspective, Fankhauser

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CC2012 paper
Perspective Paper

Third Copenhagen Consensus: Climate Change Perspective, Markandya

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EU2020 report
Policy Advice

Policy report: The Costs And Benefits Of EU Climate Policy For 2020

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EU2020 report
Policy Advice

Policy report: Defining, Measuring and Predicting Green Jobs

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EU2020 report
Policy Advice

Policy report: Energy Security - An Impact Assessment of the EU Climate and Energy Package

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Fix the climate report
Policy Advice

Fix The Climate: Advice for Policymakers

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Adapting to Climate Change’s Effects Assessment, Carraro et al

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Adapting to Climate Change’s Effects Perspective, Fankhauser

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Adapting to Climate Change’s Effects Perspective, Jotzo

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Sharing Green Technology Assessment, Yang

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Sharing Green Technology Perspective, Popp

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Black Carbon Emissions Assessment, Montgomery Tuladhar

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Black Carbon Emissions Perspective, Kandlikar et al

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Protecting and Planting Forests Assessment, Sohngen

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Protecting and Planting Forests Perspective, Fuss

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Carbon Emissions Assessment, Tol

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Carbon Emissions Perspective, Kuik

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Carbon Emissions Perspective, Roson

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Climate Engineering Assessment, Bickel Lane

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Climate Engineering Perspective, Smith

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Climate Engineering Perspective, Pielke

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Researching Green Energy Assessment, Green Galiana

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Researching Green Energy Perspective, Nemet

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Researching Green Energy Perspective, Bosetti

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Assessment Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Methane Emissions Assessment, Kemfert Schill

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Methane Emissions Perspective, Anthoff

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Perspective Paper

Fix The Climate: Cutting Methane Emissions Perspective, Johansson Hedenus

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Assessment Paper

Second Copenhagen Consensus: Global Warming Assessment, Yohe Toll et al

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Perspective Paper

Second Copenhagen Consensus: Global Warming Perspective, Green

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Perspective Paper

Second Copenhagen Consensus: Global Warming Perspective, Markandya

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Assessment Paper

Copenhagen Consensus: Climate Change Assessment, Cline

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Perspective Paper

Copenhagen Consensus: Climate Change Perspective, Manne

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Perspective Paper

Copenhagen Consensus: Climate Change Perspective, Mendelsohn

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