International Climate Policy

Stabilizing the Earth's climate will require unprecedented international cooperation.  Indeed, nations are actively negotiating the terms of the next global climate agreement.  Leaders of the world’s major economies are attending climate and energy summits, and new global cooperative arrangements are likely to emerge.  Regional climate policy frameworks, including the European Union’s emissions trading system, are evolving rapidly as well.

Building on its extensive diplomatic experience and global network, Climate Advisers is helping government, nonprofit, and business clients shape this next phase of international cooperation for the better.

Recent Work

A Proposal for a Consultative Group for Low Emissions Development

The World Bank and Coal Aid

October 2011

Climate Advisers' Abigail Jones, Nigel Purvis and Andrew Stevenson examine the World Bank's proposal to phase out lending for new coal-fired power plants in middle-income countries, and argue that the World Bank should allocate scarce multilateral development funding for other pressing investments that cannot attract private capital as easily. Read more »


A Proposal for a Consultative Group for Low Emissions Development

The Social Cost of Coal: Implications for the World Bank

October 2011

Samuel Grausz summarizes the state of knowledge on the social cost of coal-fired power plants in an effort to help inform ongoing policy discussions at the World Bank. Read more »


A Proposal for a Consultative Group for Low Emissions Development

A Proposal for a Consultative Group for Low Emissions Development

July 2011

Interest in low emissions development is growing in many parts of the world for both climate and non-climate reasons, yet gaps in knowledge and implementation capacity are evident. In a new discussion paper for Resources for the Future, Nigel Purvis and Abigail Jones call for the creation of a semiformal international coordinating entity to enrich country-specific low emissions development activities by building knowledge and capacity as well as enhancing the scale and predictability of funds. Read more »


Weathering the Transatlantic Climate Policy Recession

Weathering the Transatlantic Climate Policy Recession

March 2011

This essay focuses on promising opportunities for climate action amid the policy recession in the western world. Both Europe and the United States are reforming traditional domestic policies and improved coordination between donor agencies can yield strong bilateral and multilateral low-emission development programs. Read more »


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The U.S. Role in International Climate Finance

December 2010

This paper represents a joint effort between Climate Advisers and Project Catalyst, to help convey an important truth: the United States must find the political will to lead on international climate finance, and doing so is possible despite current economic and political conditions. Read more »
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Jumpstart Global Green Growth

November 2010

This paper presents a new theory of change for international climate action based on the concept of green growth. It also aims to connect this way of thinking to today's global climate diplomacy and suggests a practical way forward. The focus is almost exclusively on the challenge of emissions mitigation in developing nations. Read more »


Cancun and the End of Climate Diplomacy

November 2010

This essay expounds upon the previous paper - Jumpstart Global Green Growth - by anticipating nations reactions to the changing climate change politics, specifically at the upcoming 16th annual installment of global climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico. Read more »


Rethinking Climate Diplomacy: New Ideas for Transatlantic Cooperation post-Copenhagen

March 2010

In this paper, the authors argue that the most dangerous thing Europe and the United States could do is ignore the strategic implications of Copenhagen and fall back into old strategies with a new sense of patience.  They recommend a fundamental shift in thinking. Read more »


Blueprint for a Transatlantic Climate Partnership

August 2009

In this paper for the German Marshall Fund, Climate Advisers president Nigel Purvis draws a blueprint for a new transatlantic climate change partnership-one that could serve as the basis for a joint approach to China, India, and other emerging economies. Read more »

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