Living with Climate Change in Polynesia
Overcoming the resulting economic burdens is an increasingly steep hill to climb. Local businesses are constantly adapting to climate variability. Important fish stocks are migrating out of reach as a result of changing temperatures in the water. Droughts are occurring for longer stretches of time although the area’s leading export and staple crop, taro, begins to wither in as little as two weeks without rain. Inconsistent rainfall patterns are leading to less predictable outbreak periods of vector-borne diseases such as Dengue and Zika.
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CIERP at COP23
All in all, our trip to the COP was a big success for sharing our research results with experts, policy-makers, and funders and for making new connections.
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UNDP Internship in PNG
My major takeaway from this summer experience is that if you want to work in anything related to development or environmental policy, you have to constantly ask questions.
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CPL seeks a research associate in climate policy finance and investments for work in Haiti
Applications are invited from candidates with a Master’s or higher degree who also have experience conducting academic fieldwork and/or professional experience related to the research topics described below, and demonstrated fluency in French.
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New Report on Climate Pricing in Practice Released at COP23 in Bonn
Today in Bonn at COP23, Climate Policy Lab released a new study, Carbon Pricing in Practice: A Review of the Evidence. For policymakers who want to understand how carbon pricing works in practice, this report provides a detailed review of 8 emissions trading systems (ETS), 5 carbon tax instruments, and 2 hybrid regimes that mix both ETS and taxes within one jurisdiction.
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