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The fiscal implications of adaptation to climate change, Carlo Carraro's blog, 31/08/2015Ever since the impacts of climate change have become evident in daily life, the question has arisen about the kind of social or economic consequences they could have. Among these, fiscal consequences have often been overlooked, despite their importance for investors and policymakers... lire la suiteCheap Oil and Global Growth /Anatole Kaletsky, Chief Economist and Co-Chairman of Gavekal Dragonomics, Project syndicate, 28/08/2015Violent swings in oil prices are destabilizing economies and financial markets worldwide. When the oil price halved last year, from $110 to $55 a barrel, the cause was obvious: Saudi Arabia’s decision to increase its share of the global oil market by expanding production. But what accounts for the further plunge in oil prices in the last few weeks – to lows last seen in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis – and how will it affect the world economy? ... lire la suiteClimate Countdown: What Can Be Expected in the Lead Up to Paris? / Alice Bisiaux and Gillian Nelson, Policy Update #22, 27/08/2015The UN negotiations being undertaken by the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) are expected to culminate at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will be held in December 2015 in Paris, France, with the adoption of a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the UNFCCC... lire la suiteLa croissance, une affaire d'énergie, CNRS le journal, 27/08/2015Entretien avec  l’économiste Gaël Giraud, qui considère que l'expansion économique dépend plutôt de notre aptitude à consommer de l’énergie... lire la suitePotential Liability of Governments for Failure to Prepare for Climate Change /Jessica Wentz, Climate Law blog, 27/08/2015As governments turn a blind eye to the accumulating risks of climate change, do they expose themselves to potential legal liability? A new working paper by former Sabin Center fellow Jennifer Klein explores three possible legal claims against state and local governments for their failure to prepare for climate change... lire la suite