The groups and populations likely to be most harmed by climate change are the least responsible for causing it and have the least resources to cope with the consequences—this is the "double injustice". It forms the background to climate negotiations between governments representing countries...

This paper maps the distribution of total direct and embodied emissions of greenhouse gases by households in the UK and goes on to analyse their main drivers. Previous research has studied the distribution of direct emissions by households, notably from domestic fuel and electricity, but this is...

This paper asks whether the policies and programmes enacted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will compete with other goals of public policy, in particular social policy goals. The Climate Change Act 2008 has set the UK some of the most demanding targets in the world: to reduce GHG...

Viele Empfehlungen für die Klimapolitik konzentrieren sich auf zwei Schwerpunkte: erstens einen möglichst raschen Ausbau der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energie und zweitens, ergänzend dazu, eine Bepreisung von Treibhausgasemissionen. Der vorliegende Policy Brief legt vor dem Hintergrund der...