• ‘Enhanced (Direct) Access’ Through ‘(National) Funding Entities’ Etymology and Examples OIES Information Note on the Green Climate Fund Business Model Framework Apr-13 pdf 216kb |
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• A Delhi Vision: for the Green Climate Fund Business Model Framework – Some Thoughts on Access and Disbursement Oxford Energy and Environment Brief Feb-13 pdf 1780kb |
• Mobilizing the Private Sector: Quantity-Performance Instruments for Public Climate Funds with Arunabha Ghosh, William Pizer, and Gernot Wagner. Oxford Energy and Environment Brief Aug-12 pdf 284kb Also published by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University, USA as a Duke Environmental Economics Working Paper, and as an Environmental Defense Fund White Paper: |
• Observers and the Green Climate Fund: OIES Submission in response to the initial consultation by the Interim Secretariat of the GCF on observer participation in the proceedings of the Board of the GCF with Anju Sharma. Mar 2012 pdf 104kb |
• From Confrontation to Collaboration?: CBDR and the EU ETS aviation dispute with developing countries OIES Brief Feb 2012 pdf 500kb Also published in Environmental Liability; http://www.lawtext.com: from Vol 19, no.6 |
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• What Functions? What Form?: Operationalizing the Standing Committee with Farrukh Iqbal Khan. ecbi Policy Brief Aug 2011 pdf 616kb |
• Dissecting the Green Climate Fund: Submission to the Transitional Committee on the issue of Thematic Funding Windows (Workstreams II & III) Oxford Institute for Energy Studies July 2011 pdf 172kb |
• Some further thoughts on the draft TC work plans Oxford Institute for Energy Studies May 2011 pdf 124kb |
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• We cannot tell others to 'accept' gross inequity: Letter to the Editor, Financial Times May 2011 pdf 24kb : Letter to the Editor on Financial Times site |
• Time to Roll Up the Sleeves - Even Higher!: Longer-term climate finance after Cancun Oxford Energy and Environment Brief Mar-11 pdf 465kb republished in Environmental Liability, Issue 1, 2011: pdf 465kb and in part as "Roll up the sleeves even higher" in Trading Carbon, Vol. 5, Issue 2, March 2011: pdf 466kb |
• UNFCCC – The Future of the Process: Remedial Action on Process Ownership and Political Guidance Climate Strategies Brief Feb-11 pdf 624kb |
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• Differentiating historic responsibilities for climate change: Exploring the case of China with Christian Ellermann, and Niklas Höhne. China and global climate change: Ethics, responsibility and environmental policy. P. Harris (ed.). Bristol, Policy Press (2011) Jan-11 pdf 460kb |
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• Climate Finance after Tianjin: How to reach a deal at Cancun? ecbi Policy Brief Nov-10 pdf 514kb |
• UN Climate Finance Negotiations: What after Tianjin, and how? European Climate Platform (ECP) Background Paper Oct-10 pdf 304kb |
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• Reforming the Financial Mechanism: Some thoughts put together by the 2010 ecbi Fellowship ecbi Report Oct-10 pdf 72kb |
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• Addressing Large Developing Country Emissions: The Case for Strategic Sino-European Collaboration under Joint Commitments with David Robinson and Zhang Xiliang, Christian Ellermann, Huo Molin, Diarmuid Torney, and Zhou Jian. OIES Energy & Environment Paper EV 53 Jun-10 pdf 1311kb |
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• No Trust Without Respect: Adaptation Quick Start Funding at the Cross Roads Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Mar-10 pdf 152kb |
• Copenhagen 2009: Failure or final wake-up call for our leaders? Oxford Institute for Energy Studies February 2010 pdf 389kb |
• We need to plan a response to climate change impacts Feb-2010 on SciDev.net |
• A Strategic Assessment of the KyotoMarrakech System: Synthesis Report with M Grubb et al. Feb-2010 pdf 784kb |
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• The Time is Right!: Devolution of funding decisions to designated national/regional climate change funding entities Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Nov-09 pdf 176kb |
• Procrustes' Bed & Ockham's Razor: The debate on existing institutions in climate finance Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Nov-09 pdf 400kb |
• Under the Authority of the COP? Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Oct-09 pdf 132kb |
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• Adaptation Finance under a Copenhagen Agreed Outcome with Asa Persson, Richard J.T Klein, Clarisse Kehler Siebert, Aaron Atteridge, Juan Hoffmaister, Michael Lazarus and Takeshi Takama. SEI Policy Brief Stockholm Oct-09 pdf 1.2mb |
• Key Issues on Governance of Climate Change Finance: proceedings, La Redoute Bad Godesberg 9 August 2009 with Luis Gomez-Echeverri. ecbi Policy Brief Sep-09 pdf 328kb and written UK Answers to the Moderator's Questions: pdf 172kb |
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• Le mécanisme financier restructuré de la CCNUCC: Architecture at gouvernance with Luis Gomez-Echeverri. ecbi note de politique generale Jun-09 pdf 228kb |
• 2009 Bonn Seminar: On Future Financial Architecture & Governance ecbi Policy Brief Jul-09 pdf 272kb |
• Are Treasuries killing the climate deal? Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Jun-09 pdf 104kb 富国财政部将扼杀气候协议吗?: 322kb |
• Adaptation Financing Instruments with Richard J.T Klein. Policy Brief for the Financing for Development, Conference on Climate Change Kigali May-09 pdf 132kb |
• The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC Part I: Architecture and Governance with Luis Gomez-Echeverri. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Background Paper EV45 Apr-09 pdf 654kb |
• The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC: Architecture and Governance with Luis Gomez-Echeverri. ecbi Policy Brief Apr-09 pdf 204kb |
• The Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC: A Brief History with Luis Gomez-Echeverri. ecbi Policy Brief Apr-09 pdf 192kb |
• The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Reformed Financial Mechanism (RFM) of the UNFCCC: with a Reply by Monique Barbut Apr-09 pdf 128kb |
• Additionality in the Clean Development Mechanism: Why and What? Climate Strategies and Oxford Institute for Energy Studies EV 43 Mar-09 pdf 504kb |
• To Earmark or Not to Earmark?: A far-reaching debate on the use of auction revenue from (EU) Emissions Trading Oxford Institute for Energy Studies EV 43 Nov-08 pdf 444kb |
• Implementing the Bali Action Plan: What role for the CDM? with Prodipto Ghosh. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Energy and Environment Comment Oct-08 pdf 148kb |
• St Petersburg 2008 Developing Country Emissions: Common and Joint Responsibilities Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Sep-08 pdf 184kb |
• International Adaptation Finance: The Need for an Innovative and Strategic Approach Oxford Institute for Energy Studies EV 42 Jun-08 pdf 1.9Mb |
• Comments for the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development: on "Mobilising Investments in Low Carbon Energy Technologies" Oxford Institute for Energy Studies 27-Apr-08 pdf 230kb |
• Where justice and realism meet: a climate change solution? Interview by openDemocracy.net Apr-2008 on OpenDemocracy.net |
• Bali 2007- On the road again!: Impressions from the Thirteenth UN Climate Change Conference Feb-2008 pdf 128kb |
• One Step Forward Two Steps Back?: The Governance of the World Bank Climate Investment Funds with Harald Winkler. Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Feb-08 pdf 244kb Version Francaise: pdf 160k |
• Differentiating (Historic) Responsibilities for Climate Change: Summary Report with Niklas Hoehne and Christian Ellermann. As launched during the special SBSTA side event on "Scientific and methodological aspects of the Proposal by Brazil" Bali 5 December 2007 Oct-2007 pdf 282kb re-published as: Benito Müller, Niklas Höhne, and Christian Ellermann, ‘Differentiating (historic) responsibilities for climate change’, Climate Policy, Volume 9, Number 6, 2009 , pp. 593-611(19): pdf 192kb |
• Food Miles or Poverty Eradication?: The moral duty to eat African strawberries at Christmas Oxford Energy and Environment Comment Oct-07 pdf 141kb |
• Developing countries should get carbon credits for green policies Point Carbon Interview 19-Jul-07 pdf 20kb |
• Bonn 2007- Russian Proposals: Policy CDM and 'CER Put Options' (CERPOs) Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Energy and Environment Comment Jul-07 pdf 108kb |
• Assessment of key negotiating issues at Nairobi climate COP/MOP: and what it means for the future of the climate regime with Chukwumerije Okereke, Philip Mann, Henny Osbahr and Johannes Ebeling. Tyndall Centre Working Paper Jun-07 pdf 284kb |
• Nairobi 2006 - Trust and the Future of Adaptation Funding Oxford Institute for Energy Studies EV38 Jan-07 pdf 212kb |
• The Rich Must Face Their Personal Carbon Responsibility with Saleemul Huq. Open Letter to the Editor News Bulletin Centre for Science and Environment (CSE New Delhi) in reply to an Editorial by Sunita Narain- Director CSE Dec-2006 pdf 60kb |
• IATAL - an outline proposal for an International Air Travel Adaptation Levy with Cameron Hepburn. EV36 Oxford- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Oct-06 pdf 0.7MB |
• Some Aspects of the Climate Change Issue Chapter 7 in Robert Mabro (ed.) Oil in the 21st Century- Issues Challenges and Opportunities Special limited edition Vienna OPEC 2005 pp.203-40 Sep-2006 pdf 584kb |
• Climate of Distrust: The 2006 Bonn Climate Change Adaptation Fund Negotiations Jun-2006 pdf 0.9MB |
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• Response to CDM EB: call for input on regional distribution of CDM project activities. Mar-2006 pdf 40kB |
• Montreal 2005: What Happened And What It Means Oxford- OIES EV 35 Feb-06 pdf 0.6MB |
• Trade tactic could unlock climate negotiations: overcoming obstacles to Southern participation in upcoming 'post-Kyoto' negotiations with Anju Sharma. SciDev.Net Jun-2005 pdf 146kb LRI Advice on WTO Compatibility, Nov-2011: pdf 304kb |
• Climate Change post-2012: Transatlantic Consensus and Disagreements in Journal for Energy Literature Vol.11 Issue 1 Jun-05 pdf 0.1MB |
• Quo Vadis Kyoto?: Pitfalls and Opportunities Mar-2005 pdf 0.2MB |
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• Myth and Reality: Dr Illarionov's Projections Mar-2004 pdf Russian Version: pdf 0.2MB |
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• An FCCC Impact Response Instrument as Part of a Balanced Global Climate Change Regime Jun-2002 pdf 0.2MB Presentation Slides: pdf 0.8MB |
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• A New Delhi Mandate? Climate Policy 79 (2002) 1-3 Feb-2002 pdf 0.1MB |
• Climate at The Hague: What Happened Why and What Now? Apr-2002 html version |
• The Resurrection of a Protocol Aug-2001 pdf |
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• Varieties of Distributive Justice in Climate Change Climatic Change February 2001 Vol 48 No 2-3 pdf 84kb |
• The Hague Climate Conference: Impressions of the North American Press Coverage Dec-2000 pdf |
• Congressional Climate Change Hearings: Comedy or Tragedy? May-2000 pdf |
• Fossil Fuels in a Changing Climate: Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol and Developing Country Participation with U Bartsch. Apr-2000 link to Oxford Energy site |
• The Kyoto Protocol: Does US Ratification Really Matter? Apr-2000 html version |
• The Modelling of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions: Methodology and Estimates with Ulrich Bartsch. Feb-2000 html version |
• Justice in Global Warming Negotiations: How to Achieve a Procedurally Fair Compromise Oct-1999 pdf 348k |