Global Policy, April 2021Authors: Chan, S., Boran, I., van Asselt, H., Ellinger, P., Garcia, M., Hale, T., Hermwille, L., Liti Mbeva, K., Mert, A., Roger, C.B., Weinfurter, A., Widerberg, O., …
Climate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New Decade: A Catalytic Framework Read More »
Jessica Green & Bryce RudykMarine Policy, Volume 115, May 2020, 103855 The world’s fisheries are governed by a vast, and largely ineffective, set of international and regional institutions. If we …
Closing the High Seas to Fishing: A Club Approach Read More »
Plastics present a relatively new and significant threat to the marine environment. Production and use of plastics has increased globally in the past decades, and much of it ends up …
Ocean Plastic Pollution: A Survey of Existing Global Agreements and Proposals for Reform Read More »
The Caribbean hurricanes of 2017 made clear that many of the islands’ power systems are woefully unprepared to withstand the increasingly severe weather events that climate change is generating. Perhaps …
Authors: Richard Stewart, Michael Oppenheimer and Bryce Rudyk The Paris Agreement cemented a new framework for global climate policy based on the voluntary and non-legally binding emission reduction actions by …
Building Blocks: A Strategy for Near-Term Climate Action Read More »
Since the adoption of the utility business model in the early 20th century, governments have relied on extending their national transmission grids to supply electricity to remote populations. Many countries …
The Promise of Renewable Energy Microgrids for Rural Latin America Read More »
Authors: Bryce Rudyk and Danielle Spiegel-Feld For many Small Island Developing States (SIDS) the cost of producing electricity from imported fossil fuels is so high and the cost of renewable …
Authors: Michael Oppenheimer, Bryce Rudyk, Richard Stewart The likely future global climate regime, based on nationally determined, non-legally binding commitments, is not by itself likely to produce emissions reductions sufficient to prevent …
A Building Blocks Strategy for Global Climate Change Read More »
This Policy Brief provides an updated analysis of the delivery of Fast Start Finance as of the start of the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland. …
Authors: Richard Stewart, Michael Oppenheimer and Bryce Rudyk This article presents an innovative institutional approach to supplement and ultimately strengthen the lagging United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) …
