Outputs In addition to peer-reviewed journal articles, the Smith School team publishes working papers, reports and policy briefs to provide timely public access to results emerging from our research, to promote discussion and to inform debate. ThemeBiodiversityClimateEconomicsEnergyEnterpriseFinanceFoodLawRegenerative economyWater Output typeWorking paperReportPolicy Brief Impact on solar energy costs of tripling renewables capacity by 2030 [Analysis] (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.63 MB , 4 ) | May 2023 Rupert Way, Cameron Hepburn Decarbonising state-owned power companies [Working paper 23-01] (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.65MB , 52 ) | May 2023 Moritz Schwarz, Philippe Benoit, Alex Clark Net zero portfolio targets for development finance institutions (DFIs): challenges and solutions (Opens in a new tab) ( 7.1MB , 26 ) | March 2023 Sam Fankhauser, Sugandha Srivastav, Ingrid Sundvor, Stephanie Hirmer and Gireesh Shrimali Keeping piped water flowing in rural India (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.3 MB , 14 ) | March 2023 Rob Hope, Duncan McNicholl, Medha Mukherjee and Nicolas Dickinson Case studies in adaptation finance (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.1MB , 37 ) | February 2023 Sam Fankhauser, Kirsty Britz, Ian Dickie, Kit England, Candice Howarth and Nicola Ranger The role of Ministries of Finance in driving and shaping the low-carbon energy transition (Opens in a new tab) ( 7MB , 56 ) | January 2023 Swedish Energy Agency and Smith School collaboration The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal (Opens in a new tab) ( 27MB , 109 ) | January 2023 Oliver Geden, Matthew Gidden, William F Lamb, Jan C Minx, Gregory F Nemet, Carter Powis, Stephen M Smith The New Protein Economy: policy directions (Preprint) (Opens in a new tab) ( 4.7 MB , 59 ) | September 2022 Alex Money, Sanjana Srivastav and Katherine A. Collett Making the important urgent: Can climate migration light up the slow-burn politics of the climate emergency? (Opens in a new tab) ( 996 KB , 27 ) | September 2022 Adam Parr Implications of the Energy Profits Levy for long-term UK Energy Strategy (Opens in a new tab) ( 501 KB , 9 ) | July 2022 Emma Walsh, Anupama Sen, Sam Fankhauser Deployment support for geological Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) in the UK (Opens in a new tab) ( 900Kb , 12 ) | June 2022 Nijia Zhou, Mirte Boot, Conor Hickey, Sam Fankhauser, Anupama Sen, Steve Smith Sustainable Finance and Transmission Mechanisms to the Real Economy (Opens in a new tab) ( 2 MB , 53 ) | April 2022 Ben Caldecott, Alex Clark, Elizabeth Harnett, Krister Koskelo, Christian Wilson & Felicia Liu Supporting the East African Off-grid Energy Industry post COVID-19 (Opens in a new tab) ( 676 KB , 10 pages ) | March 2022 Tonny Kukeera, Aoife Brophy Opportunity cost of UK dependence on Russian oil and gas – Analysis (Opens in a new tab) ( 450 KB , 9 pages ) | March 2022 Emma Walsh, Anupama Sen & Cameron Hepburn Implications of the International Energy Agency Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario for Net Zero Committed Financial Institutions (Opens in a new tab) ( 2 MB , 45 pages ) | March 2022 Christian Wilson, Anthony Limburg, and Ben Caldecott Investing in professionalized maintenance to increase social and economic returns from drinking water infrastructure in rural Kenya (Opens in a new tab) ( 900 KB , 9 pages ) | February 2022 Tim Foster, Rob Hope, Cliff Nyaga, Johanna Koehler, Jacob Katuva, Patrick Thomson and Nancy Gladstone The Carbon Club revisited, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 980 KB , 30 pages ) | February 2022 Bethan Adams, Kaya Axelsson and Adam Parr. Working Paper 22-01 Predictors of Success in a Greening World (Opens in a new tab) ( 5 MB , 240 pages ) | December 2021 Pia Andres, Joris Bucker, Dr Matthew Ives, Dr Penny Mealy, Dr Kevin Tang, Dr Michael Urban, Dr Matthew McCarten, Sugandha Srivastav & Prof Cameron Hepburn The cost for the financial sector if firms delay climate action, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.1 MB , 40 pages ) | November 2021 Moritz Baer, Jacob Kastl, Alissa Kleinnijenhuis, Jakob Thomae and Ben Caldecott Roadmap to green recovery: How could green fiscal spending support the economy, the environment and social welfare in face of economic crisis? pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.9 MB , 195 pages ) | October 2021 Brian O’Callaghan, Nick Kingsmill, Florence Waites, Dan Aylward-Mills, Julia Bird, Paul Roe, Jeffrey Beyer, Malvina Bondy, Jonathan Aron and Em Murdock Munich Conference or Finest Hour? (Opens in a new tab) ( 2.3 MB , 35 pages ) | October 2021 Adam Parr Global Climate Change Impacts Attributable to Deforestation driven by the Bolsonaro Administration Expert report for submission to the International Criminal Court (Opens in a new tab) ( 4.8 MB , 97 pages ) | August 2021 Stuart-Smith, R.F., Clarke, B.J., Harrington, L.J., & Otto, F.E.L. State and trends of spatial finance 2021: Next generation climate and environmental analytics for resilient finance, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 8 MB , 44 pages ) | July 2021 Christophe Christiaen Project 'Mumuni Singani': A Blueprint for Clean Energy Provision and Sustainable Development in Rural Zambia (Opens in a new tab) ( 12.5 MB , 36 ) | July 2021 Susann Stritzke, Tonny Kukeera Attribution science and litigation: facilitating effective legal arguments and strategies to manage climate change damages (Opens in a new tab) ( 448 KB , 19 pages ) | June 2021 Rupert Stuart-Smith, Aisha Saad, Friederike Otto, Gaia Lisi, Kristian Lauta, Petra Minnerop & Thom Wetzer Leveling up net zero climate leadership in the United States: An analysis of subnational net zero targets & recommendations for the Federal Government, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 2.8 MB , 20 pages ) | June 2021 Kate Cullen, Kaya Axelsson, Stephen Lezak, Thomas Hale, John Lang and Stephen Smith. Working paper 21-01 Zero-Emissions Shipping: Contracts-for-difference as incentives for the decarbonisation of international shipping, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 2.6 MB , 128 pages ) | June 2021 Alex Clark, Matthew Ives, Byron Fay, Johanna Schiele, Lukas Larsson, Leah Tillmann-Morris, Peter Barbrook-Johnson and Cameron Hepburn Nature-based sinks for CO2 and sources of carbon feedstocks, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 0.7 MB , 26 pages ) | May 2021 Katherine Collett, Vanessa Schreiber, Mike Mason and Cameron Hepburn Industrial need for carbon in products, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 0.8 MB , 26 pages ) | May 2021 Katherine Collett, Mike Mason, Charlotte Williams, Matthew Davidson, Brian O'Callaghan and Cameron Hepburn. The climate impact of alternative proteins, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 0.9 MB , 26 pages ) | May 2021 Katherine Collett, Brian O'Callaghan, Mike Mason, Charles Godfray and Cameron Hepburn. Breaking the bond: Primary markets and carbon-intensive financing, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 2 MB , 35 pages ) | May 2021 Christian Wilson and Ben Caldecott. Working paper 21-05 Shaping a brighter future of work: Global and local market insights (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.8 MB , 181 pages ) | May 2021 Dr Sarah McGill, Professor Gordon Clark, and Kathryn Condon A new perspective on decarbonising the global energy system, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.2 MB , 138 pages ) | April 2021 Matthew Ives, Luca Righetti, Johanna Schiele, Kris De Meyer, Lucy Hubble-Rose, Fei Teng, Lucas Kruitwagen, Leah Tillmann-Morris, Tianpeng Wang, Rupert Way and Cameron Hepburn A new perspective on decarbonising the global energy system: Summary for policymakers (Opens in a new tab) ( 657 KB , 10 pages ) | April 2021 Matthew Ives, Luca Righetti, Johanna Schiele, Kris De Meyer, Lucy Hubble-Rose, Fei Teng, Lucas Kruitwagen, Leah Tillmann-Morris, Tianpeng Wang, Rupert Way & Cameron Hepburn The energy transition and changing financing costs, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 5.3 MB , 60 pages ) | April 2021 Xiaoyan Zhou, Ben Caldecott and Christian Wilson Bull market? Corporate venturing and alternative proteins, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 1 MB , 32 pages ) | March 2021 Alex Money and Julian Cottee. Working paper 21-03 Five Worlds of Political Strategy in the Climate Movement (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.2 MB , 45 pages ) | March 2021 Sugandha Srivastav and Ryan Rafaty Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Consultation Response (Opens in a new tab) ( 471 KB , 10 pages ) | December 2020 Myles Allen, Kaya Axelsson, Ben Caldecott, Thomas Hale, Cameron Hepburn, Conor Hickey, Eli Mitchell-Larson, Yadvinder Malhi, Friederike Otto, Nathalie Seddon and Steve Smith Sensitive intervention points to achieve net-zero emissions: Report of the Policy Advisory Group of the Committee on Climate Change (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.1 MB , 45 pages ) | December 2020 Cameron Hepburn, Tera Allas, Laura Cozzi, Michael Liebreich, Jim Skea, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Giles Wilkes & Bryony Worthington Oxford off-setting principles, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.1 MB , 15 pages ) | September 2020 Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Impact on solar energy costs of tripling renewables capacity by 2030 [Analysis] (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.63 MB , 4 ) | May 2023 Rupert Way, Cameron Hepburn
Decarbonising state-owned power companies [Working paper 23-01] (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.65MB , 52 ) | May 2023 Moritz Schwarz, Philippe Benoit, Alex Clark
Net zero portfolio targets for development finance institutions (DFIs): challenges and solutions (Opens in a new tab) ( 7.1MB , 26 ) | March 2023 Sam Fankhauser, Sugandha Srivastav, Ingrid Sundvor, Stephanie Hirmer and Gireesh Shrimali
Keeping piped water flowing in rural India (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.3 MB , 14 ) | March 2023 Rob Hope, Duncan McNicholl, Medha Mukherjee and Nicolas Dickinson
Case studies in adaptation finance (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.1MB , 37 ) | February 2023 Sam Fankhauser, Kirsty Britz, Ian Dickie, Kit England, Candice Howarth and Nicola Ranger
The role of Ministries of Finance in driving and shaping the low-carbon energy transition (Opens in a new tab) ( 7MB , 56 ) | January 2023 Swedish Energy Agency and Smith School collaboration
The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal (Opens in a new tab) ( 27MB , 109 ) | January 2023 Oliver Geden, Matthew Gidden, William F Lamb, Jan C Minx, Gregory F Nemet, Carter Powis, Stephen M Smith
The New Protein Economy: policy directions (Preprint) (Opens in a new tab) ( 4.7 MB , 59 ) | September 2022 Alex Money, Sanjana Srivastav and Katherine A. Collett
Making the important urgent: Can climate migration light up the slow-burn politics of the climate emergency? (Opens in a new tab) ( 996 KB , 27 ) | September 2022 Adam Parr
Implications of the Energy Profits Levy for long-term UK Energy Strategy (Opens in a new tab) ( 501 KB , 9 ) | July 2022 Emma Walsh, Anupama Sen, Sam Fankhauser
Deployment support for geological Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) in the UK (Opens in a new tab) ( 900Kb , 12 ) | June 2022 Nijia Zhou, Mirte Boot, Conor Hickey, Sam Fankhauser, Anupama Sen, Steve Smith
Sustainable Finance and Transmission Mechanisms to the Real Economy (Opens in a new tab) ( 2 MB , 53 ) | April 2022 Ben Caldecott, Alex Clark, Elizabeth Harnett, Krister Koskelo, Christian Wilson & Felicia Liu
Supporting the East African Off-grid Energy Industry post COVID-19 (Opens in a new tab) ( 676 KB , 10 pages ) | March 2022 Tonny Kukeera, Aoife Brophy
Opportunity cost of UK dependence on Russian oil and gas – Analysis (Opens in a new tab) ( 450 KB , 9 pages ) | March 2022 Emma Walsh, Anupama Sen & Cameron Hepburn
Implications of the International Energy Agency Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario for Net Zero Committed Financial Institutions (Opens in a new tab) ( 2 MB , 45 pages ) | March 2022 Christian Wilson, Anthony Limburg, and Ben Caldecott
Investing in professionalized maintenance to increase social and economic returns from drinking water infrastructure in rural Kenya (Opens in a new tab) ( 900 KB , 9 pages ) | February 2022 Tim Foster, Rob Hope, Cliff Nyaga, Johanna Koehler, Jacob Katuva, Patrick Thomson and Nancy Gladstone
The Carbon Club revisited, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 980 KB , 30 pages ) | February 2022 Bethan Adams, Kaya Axelsson and Adam Parr. Working Paper 22-01
Predictors of Success in a Greening World (Opens in a new tab) ( 5 MB , 240 pages ) | December 2021 Pia Andres, Joris Bucker, Dr Matthew Ives, Dr Penny Mealy, Dr Kevin Tang, Dr Michael Urban, Dr Matthew McCarten, Sugandha Srivastav & Prof Cameron Hepburn
The cost for the financial sector if firms delay climate action, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.1 MB , 40 pages ) | November 2021 Moritz Baer, Jacob Kastl, Alissa Kleinnijenhuis, Jakob Thomae and Ben Caldecott
Roadmap to green recovery: How could green fiscal spending support the economy, the environment and social welfare in face of economic crisis? pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.9 MB , 195 pages ) | October 2021 Brian O’Callaghan, Nick Kingsmill, Florence Waites, Dan Aylward-Mills, Julia Bird, Paul Roe, Jeffrey Beyer, Malvina Bondy, Jonathan Aron and Em Murdock
Munich Conference or Finest Hour? (Opens in a new tab) ( 2.3 MB , 35 pages ) | October 2021 Adam Parr
Global Climate Change Impacts Attributable to Deforestation driven by the Bolsonaro Administration Expert report for submission to the International Criminal Court (Opens in a new tab) ( 4.8 MB , 97 pages ) | August 2021 Stuart-Smith, R.F., Clarke, B.J., Harrington, L.J., & Otto, F.E.L.
State and trends of spatial finance 2021: Next generation climate and environmental analytics for resilient finance, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 8 MB , 44 pages ) | July 2021 Christophe Christiaen
Project 'Mumuni Singani': A Blueprint for Clean Energy Provision and Sustainable Development in Rural Zambia (Opens in a new tab) ( 12.5 MB , 36 ) | July 2021 Susann Stritzke, Tonny Kukeera
Attribution science and litigation: facilitating effective legal arguments and strategies to manage climate change damages (Opens in a new tab) ( 448 KB , 19 pages ) | June 2021 Rupert Stuart-Smith, Aisha Saad, Friederike Otto, Gaia Lisi, Kristian Lauta, Petra Minnerop & Thom Wetzer
Leveling up net zero climate leadership in the United States: An analysis of subnational net zero targets & recommendations for the Federal Government, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 2.8 MB , 20 pages ) | June 2021 Kate Cullen, Kaya Axelsson, Stephen Lezak, Thomas Hale, John Lang and Stephen Smith. Working paper 21-01
Zero-Emissions Shipping: Contracts-for-difference as incentives for the decarbonisation of international shipping, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 2.6 MB , 128 pages ) | June 2021 Alex Clark, Matthew Ives, Byron Fay, Johanna Schiele, Lukas Larsson, Leah Tillmann-Morris, Peter Barbrook-Johnson and Cameron Hepburn
Nature-based sinks for CO2 and sources of carbon feedstocks, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 0.7 MB , 26 pages ) | May 2021 Katherine Collett, Vanessa Schreiber, Mike Mason and Cameron Hepburn
Industrial need for carbon in products, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 0.8 MB , 26 pages ) | May 2021 Katherine Collett, Mike Mason, Charlotte Williams, Matthew Davidson, Brian O'Callaghan and Cameron Hepburn.
The climate impact of alternative proteins, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 0.9 MB , 26 pages ) | May 2021 Katherine Collett, Brian O'Callaghan, Mike Mason, Charles Godfray and Cameron Hepburn.
Breaking the bond: Primary markets and carbon-intensive financing, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 2 MB , 35 pages ) | May 2021 Christian Wilson and Ben Caldecott. Working paper 21-05
Shaping a brighter future of work: Global and local market insights (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.8 MB , 181 pages ) | May 2021 Dr Sarah McGill, Professor Gordon Clark, and Kathryn Condon
A new perspective on decarbonising the global energy system, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 3.2 MB , 138 pages ) | April 2021 Matthew Ives, Luca Righetti, Johanna Schiele, Kris De Meyer, Lucy Hubble-Rose, Fei Teng, Lucas Kruitwagen, Leah Tillmann-Morris, Tianpeng Wang, Rupert Way and Cameron Hepburn
A new perspective on decarbonising the global energy system: Summary for policymakers (Opens in a new tab) ( 657 KB , 10 pages ) | April 2021 Matthew Ives, Luca Righetti, Johanna Schiele, Kris De Meyer, Lucy Hubble-Rose, Fei Teng, Lucas Kruitwagen, Leah Tillmann-Morris, Tianpeng Wang, Rupert Way & Cameron Hepburn
The energy transition and changing financing costs, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 5.3 MB , 60 pages ) | April 2021 Xiaoyan Zhou, Ben Caldecott and Christian Wilson
Bull market? Corporate venturing and alternative proteins, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 1 MB , 32 pages ) | March 2021 Alex Money and Julian Cottee. Working paper 21-03
Five Worlds of Political Strategy in the Climate Movement (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.2 MB , 45 pages ) | March 2021 Sugandha Srivastav and Ryan Rafaty
Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Consultation Response (Opens in a new tab) ( 471 KB , 10 pages ) | December 2020 Myles Allen, Kaya Axelsson, Ben Caldecott, Thomas Hale, Cameron Hepburn, Conor Hickey, Eli Mitchell-Larson, Yadvinder Malhi, Friederike Otto, Nathalie Seddon and Steve Smith
Sensitive intervention points to achieve net-zero emissions: Report of the Policy Advisory Group of the Committee on Climate Change (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.1 MB , 45 pages ) | December 2020 Cameron Hepburn, Tera Allas, Laura Cozzi, Michael Liebreich, Jim Skea, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Giles Wilkes & Bryony Worthington
Oxford off-setting principles, pdf (Opens in a new tab) ( 1.1 MB , 15 pages ) | September 2020 Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment