I am an environmental economist,
occasionally dabbling in related disciplines like
environmental science and philosophy. I mainly work on
climate change these days, although I have also worked on
sustainable development more generally. I am especially
interested in decision-making under uncertainty, and how to
resolve questions of equity/social justice, both within and
between generations.
New papers,
presentations etc.
"Why do economists describe climate change as a
'market failure'?" (with Alex Bowen and Naomi Hicks), Guardian's
Ultimate Climate Change FAQ, 2012 (link)
"Why does climate change get described as a
'stock-flow' problem?" (with Naomi Hicks), Guardian's Ultimate
Climate Change FAQ, 2012 (link)
"Climate policy under sustainable discounted
utilitarianism" (with Geir Asheim), Journal of Environmental
Economics and Management, 63(3), 321-335, 2012 (download)
(link to
journal)
"Strategic appraisal of environmental risks: a
contrast between the UK's Stern Review on the Economics of Climate
Change and its Committee on Radioactive Waste Management" (with Alec
Morton), Risk Analysis, 31(1), 129-142, 2011(download)
(link
to journal)
"High impact, low probability? An empirical
analysis of risk in the economics of climate change", Climatic
Change, 103(3), 519-541, 2011(download)
(link
to journal)
"Adaptation to climate change and economic growth
in developing countries" (with Antony Millner), Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Working Paper 69 and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change
and the Environment Working Paper 60, 2011 (download)
"A representation result for choice under
conscious unawareness" (with Oliver Walker), Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Working Paper 68, Munich Re Programme Technical Paper 10, and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change
and the Environment Working Paper 59, 2011 (download)
“From efficiency to
justice: utility as the informational basis of climate change
strategies, and some alternatives”, in John Dryzek, Richard B.
Norgaard and David Schlosberg (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of
Climate Change and Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2011 (link
to publisher's page)
"The treatment of risk and uncertainty in the US
social cost of carbon for regulatory impact analysis", Economics
Discussion Papers 2011-30, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Working Paper 64 and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change
and the Environment Working Paper 54, 2011 (download)
