(2019) 126 Energy Policy 238-250.
Open-Letter from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on integrating human rights in climate action
B Craft & S Fisher, “Measuring the adaptation goal in the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement”
(2018) 18(9) Climate Policy 1203-1209
"The Paris Agreement establishes a global goal on adaptation which will be assessed through the global stocktake, the first attempt by the international climate change regime to measure collective progress on adaptation. This policy analysis identifies four main challenges to designing a meaningful assessment. These are: designing a system that can aggregate results; managing the dual mandate of reviewing collective progress and informing the enhancement of national level actions; methodological challenges in adaptation; and political challenges around measurement. We propose a mixed-methods approach to addressing these challenges, combining short-term needs for reporting with longer-term aims of enhancing national adaptation actions."
P Erickson, M Lazarus & G Piggot, “Limiting fossil fuel production as the next big step in climate policy”
(2018) 8 Nature Climate Change 1037-1043
"Despite the current ambivalence of the United States towards the Paris Agreement, national and local jurisdictions across the globe remain committed, and they are seeking ways to increase the ambition and effectiveness of their climate policies. One way forwards could be limiting the production — not just the consumption — of coal, gas and oil. Here we describe the rationale for, and CO2 emissions implications of, limiting oil production. Seven countries have recently imposed such limits, and we develop a case study for a potential addition to this group, the US state of California. We find that by ceasing the issuance of permits for new oil wells, California could reduce global CO2 emissions substantially and also enhance environmental justice in the state."
Y Robiou du Pont & M Meinshausen, “Warming assessment of the bottom-up Paris Agreement emissions pledges”
9 Nature Communications 4810 (2018)
Indigenous Environmental Network v US Department of State, District Court of Montana, 8 November 2018 (XL Pipeline case)
Judge Blocks Disputed Keystone XL Pipeline in Setback for Trump
Climate Change and the Elections: Five Takeaways
“Governments must take heed of latest IPCC assessment”
New climate resilient water project will ensure reliable water supplies for 450,000 people in Comoros
"‘Children will have water to drink, farmers can grow successful crops and feed their families, and we can adapt our economy and our society to the catastrophic risks brought on by climate change’ says Minister Abdou on GCF board approval for groundbreaking UNDP-supported project"