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•   ‘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

•   Preferred Enhanced Access: Submission to the GCF on the Business Model Framework OIES Submission to the GCF  Mar-13 pdf 108kb

•  The Oxford Approach: Operationalizing ‘Respective Capabilities' - summary for policy makers with Lavan Mahadeva. ecbi Policy Brief  Feb-13 pdf 1.4mb

•  The Oxford Approach: Operationalizing ‘Respective Capabilities' with Lavan Mahadeva. OIES Paper EV58  Feb-13 pdf 1.9mb

•  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

•  Durban: A very personal Plea: America’s Kyoto Trauma and Pershing’s Lesson CPO17 Outreach  Dec 2011 COP17-day11 pdf 2.1mb

•  An American predicament that threatens the Green Climate Fund IIED guest contribution  Nov 2011 pdf 72kb

•  'Plan C': the role of the Kyoto Protocol in a Legally Binding Outcome OIES Concept note  Sep 2011 pdf 120kb

•  ENHANCED DIRECT ACCESS: Submission to the Transitional Committee on the issue of Thematic Funding Windows (Workstreams II & III) OIES paper  Aug 2011 pdf 313kb

•  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

•  Submission of views regarding the questions for the first technical workshop: of the Transitional Committee suggested by the co-facilitators of work stream I with Anju Sharma. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies  May 2011 pdf 252kb

•  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

•  What to do now?: Elements for organizing the Transitional Committee to establish the Green Climate Fund, based on lessons learned from the Global Fund experience with Sven Harmeling. Oxford Energy and Environment Brief  Jan-11 pdf 188kb

•  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

•  In the Footsteps of the Global Fund: How to establish the new climate fund with Sven Harmeling. Outreach COP16 Day 2  Nov-10 pdf 1,763kb

•  What Expertise?: On who should be drafting the framework documents for a new Global Climate Fund with Achala Chandani. Oxford Energy and Environment Comment  Nov-10 pdf 136kb

•  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

•  How many people does it take … to administer long-term climate finance? with David Ciplet, and J Timmons Roberts. ecbi Policy Report  Oct-10 pdf 4.9Mb

•  Reforming the Financial Mechanism: Some thoughts put together by the 2010 ecbi Fellowship ecbi Report  Oct-10 pdf 72kb

•  Why Reinvent the Wheel?: On establishing new funds while guiding and holding accountable operating entities of the UNFCCC financial mechanism with Achala Chandani. OIES Energy & Environment Comment  Sep-2010 pdf 332kb

•  Climate Financing for Developing Countries: A post-Copenhagen synopsis with Momodou Njie, with contributions by Benito Müller. ecbi Policy Brief  Jun-10 pdf 392kb

•  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

•  Unilateral Declarations: The Missing Legal Link in the Bali Action Plan with Wouter Geldhof and Tom Ruys. ecbi Policy Report  May-10 pdf 440kb

•  The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC: Post Copenhagen - Architecture and Governance ecbi Policy Brief  Apr 2010 pdf 396kb

•  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

•  Finanzierung von Anpassungs: und Vermeidungsmassnahmen in Entwicklungsländern with Axel Michaelowa. Die Volkswirtschaft  Dec-09 pdf 292kb

•  On the Need to Certify: Oversight of compliance with financial commitments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Oxford Energy and Environment Comment  Dec-09 pdf 504kb

•  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

•  Is There Room for Compromise?: The debate on institutional arrangements for climate finance Oxford Energy and Environment Comment  Oct-09 pdf 472kb

•  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

•  IAPAL - Thirteen Questions and Answers ecbi Policy Brief  Apr-09 pdf 232kb

•  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

•  Adaptation Funding and the World Bank Investment Framework Initiative Jun-2006 pdf 0.8MB

•  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

•  Exploring the Carbon Kuznets Hypothesis with Georg Mueller-Fuerstenberger and Martin Wagner. Nov-2004 pdf 0.3MB

•  How Can the Transatlantic Partners Help in Addressing Developing Country Emissions? with Kevin Baumert and Chandrashekhar Dasgupta. Mar-2004 pdf 0.2MB

•  Myth and Reality: Dr Illarionov's Projections Mar-2004 pdf  Russian Version: pdf 0.2MB

•  Not Even Wrong: The Problem with Dr Illarionov's Projections Mar-2004 pdf 0.5MB  Powerpoint slides: ppt 0.5MB

•  The Kyoto Protocol: Russian Opportunities Mar-2004 pdf 0.5MB  Russian version: pdf 0.6MB

•  Price related Sensitivities of Greenhouse Gas Intensity Targets with Georg Müller-Fürstenberger. pre-print Climate Policy  Sep-2003 pdf 0.4MB

•  Framing Future Commitments: copy of Executive Summary with contributions from John Drexhage, Michael Grubb, Axel Michaelowa and Anju Sharma. Jun-2003 pdf 0.2MB  copy of full study: pdf 2.5MB

•  An FCCC Impact Response Instrument as Part of a Balanced Global Climate Change Regime Jun-2002 pdf 0.2MB  Presentation Slides: pdf 0.8MB

•  Equity in Climate Change: The Great Divide Apr-2002 pdf 0.8MB  Executive Summary: pdf copy of full study

•  The Global Climate Change Regime: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead Feb-2002 pdf 0.5MB

•  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

•  Rejecting Kyoto: A Study of Proposed Alternatives to the Kyoto Protocol with Axel Michaelowa and Christiaan Vrolijk; contributions from Michael Grubb and Roger Fouquet. Final Revised Version  Jun-2001 pdf 2.3MB

•  Fatally Flawed Inequity: Kyoto's Unfair Burden on the United States & The Chinese Challenge to American Emission Dominance Jun-2001 pdf

•  Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol: The Case for Japanese-Russian Joint Implementation May-2001 pdf

•  Fair Compromise in a Morally Complex World Apr-2001 pdf

•  The Kyoto Mechanisms: Linking Technology to Ratification Mar-2001 pdf

•  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

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