Written by Marcin Grajewski,

The United Nations’ Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, will convene a special summit on climate change on 23 September, during the annual session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The meeting, entitled ‘Climate Action Summit 2019: A race we can win, a race we must win’, is meant to encourage world leaders to do more to limit emissions of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. Guterres has said the meeting will seek to challenge states, regions, cities, companies, investors and citizens to step up action in the areas of energy transition, climate finance and carbon pricing, industry transition and nature-based solutions.
This note offers links to a series of recent commentaries and reports from major international think tanks and research institutes on climate change and ways to mitigate it. Earlier reports on trade can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are thinking’ published in April 2019.
Economic priorities for new EU leadership
Bruegel, September 2019
Opportunities to advance mitigation ambition in China: Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions
World Resources Institute, September 2019
Braver, greener, fairer: Memos to the EU leadership 2019-2024
Bruegel, September 2019
Advancing sustainable finance: Priorities for Europe
E3G, September 2019
The future of disaster risk pooling for developing countries: Where do we go from here?
World Resources Institute, September 2019
Dousing the sovereignty wildfire
Bruegel, September 2019
Nature: The forgotten solution to climate change
Friends of Europe, September 2019
Cities, climate change and chronic heat exposure
LSE, Grantham Institute on Climate Change, September 2019
An EU agenda for climate security
E3G, August 2019
The IPCC special report on land: We have to act now
Heinrich Böll Stiftung, August 2019
The coming clash between climate and trade
Bruegel, August 2019
The ambition call: European Union
New Climate Institute, August 2019
Planning for 2050: Shifting the focus towards long-term climate objectives
Ecologic Institute, August 2019
G7 coal scorecard – Fifth edition: Coal finance heads for the exit
E3G, August 2019
Border carbon tariffs: Giving up on trade to save the climate?
Bruegel, August 2019
The EU needs a bold climate strategy
Bruegel, August 2019
Global lessons for the UK in carbon taxes
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, July 2019
Carbon utilization: A vital and effective pathway for decarbonization
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, August 2019
Europe’s clean energy transition: An economic opportunity, an environmental imperative
Friends of Europe, July 2019
Global Energy Outlook comparison methods: 2019 update
Resources for the Future, July 2019
The overlooked side of the ecological transition
Friends of Europe, July 2019
Global trends in climate change litigation: 2019 snapshot
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, July 2019
Jobs and environmental regulation
Resources for the Future, July 2019
Increase climate ambition by making policy more inclusive
Chatham House, June 2019
Paris-proofing the next Multiannual Financial Framework
European Policy Centre, June 2019
EU urgently needs to reverse its climate neutrality failure
Bruegel, June 2019
Polluting for profit: The paradox of the EU’s emissions trading system
Istituto Affari Internazionali, June 2019
A brief guide to the Paris agreement and ‘rulebook’
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, June 2019
The future of the EU: Compromises for expanding ordinary legislative procedure and majority voting in climate and energy policies
Ecologic Institute, June 2019
The European Parliament and climate change: Past, present and future
EUROPEUM, June 2019
Better the devil you know: The importance of measuring climate risk
Chatham House, June 2019
EU climate diplomacy vis-à-vis Australia, Brazil and Mexico: Engaging difficult partners to enhance global ambition
College of Europe, June 2019
Good governance for long-term low-emissions development strategies
World Resources Institute, June 2019
Addressing the urgency of more stringent climate change policy
Resources for the Future, May 2019
Opportunities to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate resilience into sustainable finance
E3G, May 2019
A 100 percent renewable energy system in Europe is technically possible and economically rational
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, May 2019
Human migration in the era of climate change
Resources for the Future, May 2019
Pathways to 2050: Alternative scenarios for decarbonizing the U.S. economy
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, May 2019
Making climate neutrality the galvanising heart of a new economic agenda for Europe
European Policy Centre, April 2019
The global consumer incidence of carbon pricing: Evidence from trade
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, April 2019
How should the next EU Commission’s agenda on climate resilience look?
E3G, April 2019
Institutions, climate change and the foundations of long-term policymaking
LSE, Grantham Institute on Climate Change, April 2019
Hard or soft governance? The EU’s climate and energy policy framework for 2030
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Institute for European Studies, April 2019
What is climate resilience and why does it matter?
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, April 2019
Read this briefing on ‘Climate change‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
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