Academic publications

List of peer reviewed papers, briefing notes and other academic publications.

The inconvenient truth of offsetting

April 2012  The inconvenient truth of carbon offsets – Nature A  Pre-edited version of the piece is also available Even so-called ‘good’ offsetting schemes increase rather than reduce absolute emissions. Whilst there certainly need to be measures for assisting poorer nations and…

Beyond dangerous climate change – Philosophical Transactions

Jan 2011  Beyond dangerous climate change – Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions This paper demonstrates how meeting the international community’s commitment to “hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius” demands emission reductions far beyond those suggested in the plethora of politically-palatable analysis…