Feb 2026
Policy Briefing

How to invigorate and complete the fossil fuel transition
Sam Fankhauser , Myles Allen , Johanna Arlinghaus , Kaya Axelsson , Mirte Boot , Aoife Brophy , Ben Caldecott , Emily Cox , Alice Evatt , Siyu Feng , Benjamin Franta , Steven Fries , Cameron Hepburn , Conor Hickey , Stuart Jenkins , Injy Johnstone , Radhika Khosla , Javier Lezaun , Sam Loni , Alexis McGivern , Jessica Omukuti , Stephen M. Smith , Sugandha Srivastav , Joseph Stemmler , Ingrid Sundvor , Thom Wetzer

Nov 2025
Report

The economic benefits of renewable energy and how to share them
Sam Fankhauser , Lorenzo Agnelli , Maeve Collins Tobin , Fatima Khushnud , Hannah Luscombe , Jessica Omukuti , Emilien Ravigné , Sugandha Srivastav , Mathias Weidinger

Jan 2025
Journal

Climate Change Mitigation Policies for Developing Countries
in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
Juliette Caucheteux , Sam Fankhauser , Sugandha Srivastav

Oct 2024
Journal

A 10-point plan to scale up renewable energy in the Global South
in Climate Policy
Sam Fankhauser , Cameron Hepburn , Stephanie Hirmer , Tonny Kukeera , Dhruv Singh , Ingrid Sundvor , Philipp A. Trotter , Pu Yang

Aug 2024
Journal

Policy support for BECCS and DACCS in Europe: the view of market participants
in Environmental Research Letters
Pu Yang , Sam Fankhauser , Stephen M. Smith , Ingrid Sundvor , Stephanie Hirmer , Injy Johnstone , Joseph Stemmler

Apr 2024
Journal

Turning a groundswell of climate action into ground rules for net zero
in Nature Climate Change
Thomas Hale , Thom Wetzer , Selam Kidane Abebe , Myles Allen , Amir Amel-Zadeh , John Armour , Kaya Axelsson , Ben Caldecott , Lucilla Dias , Sam Fankhauser , Benjamin Franta , Cameron Hepburn , Kennedy Mbeva , Lavanya Rajamani , Steve Smith , Rupert Stuart-Smith

Feb 2024
Report

Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting (revised 2024)
Kaya Axelsson , Audrey Wagner , Injy Johnstone , Myles Allen , Ben Caldecott , Nick Eyre , Sam Fankhauser , Thomas Hale , Cameron Hepburn , Conor Hickey , Radhika Khosla , Stephen Lezak , Eli Mitchell-Larson , Yadvinder Malhi , Nathalie Seddon , Alison Smith , Stephen M. Smith

Feb 2024
Journal

Development transitions for fossil fuel-producing low and lower–middle income countries in a carbon-constrained world
in Nature Energy
Vivien Foster , Philipp A. Trotter , Sven Werner , Melin Niedermayer , Yacob Mulugetta , Ploy Achakulwisut , Aoife Brophy , Navroz K. Dubash , Sam Fankhauser , Adam Hawkes , Stephanie Hirmer , Stuart Jenkins , Sam Loni , Alexis McGivern , Khamphone Nanthavong , Benedict Probst , Steve Pye , Vladimir Russo , Gregor Semieniuk , Carlos Shenga , Vignesh Sridharan , Sugandha Srivastav , Youba Sokona , Lucas Somavilla Croxatto , Pu Yang

Dec 2023
Report

Rolling out renewables in the Global South: A developer perspective
Sam Fankhauser , Cameron Hepburn , Stephanie Hirmer , Tonny Kukeera , Dhruv Singh , Ingrid Sundvor , Philipp A. Trotter , Pu Yang

Sept 2023
Journal

Net zero portfolio targets for development finance institutions: Challenges and solutions
in Global Policy
Sam Fankhauser , Sugandha Srivastav , Ingrid Sundvor , Stephanie Hirmer , Gireesh Shrimali

Jul 2023
Policy Briefing

Reforming the Global Financial Architecture to Drive a Resilient Net-Zero Transition
Nicola Ranger , Brian O'Callaghan , Fulvia Marotta , Sam Fankhauser

Jun 2023
Blog

Who is buying greenhouse gas removal credits and does it matter?
Josh Burke , Sam Fankhauser

Mar 2023
Blog

Climate change is accelerating – and the UK government is ‘strikingly unprepared’
Sam Fankhauser

Jan 2023
Blog

What can universities do about climate change?
Sam Fankhauser

Jan 2022
Blog

Net zero: UK government sued for weak strategy – so here’s what makes a good climate change plan
Sam Fankhauser , Kaya Axelsson

Dec 2021
Journal

The meaning of net zero and how to get it right
in Nature Climate Change
Sam Fankhauser , Stephen M. Smith , Myles Allen , Kaya Axelsson , Thomas Hale , Cameron Hepburn , J. Michael Kendall , Radhika Khosla , Javier Lezaun , Eli Mitchell-Larson , Michael Obersteiner , Lavanya Rajamani , Rosalind Rickaby , Nathalie Seddon , Thom Wetzer

Nov 2021
Journal

What next on net zero?
in One Earth
Sam Fankhauser

Aug 2021
Journal

What next for local government climate emergency declarations? The gap between rhetoric and action
in Climatic Change
Candice Howarth , Matthew Lane , Sam Fankhauser

Jul 2021
Working Paper

The impact of climate legislation on trade-related carbon emissions, 1997–2017
Shaikh M.S.U Eskander , Sam Fankhauser

Feb 2021
Journal

Global Lessons from Climate Change Legislation and Litigation
in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy
Shaikh M.S.U Eskander , Sam Fankhauser , Joana Setzer

Feb 2021
Journal

The influence of climate change advisory bodies on political debates: evidence from the UK Committee on Climate Change
in Climate Policy
Alina Averchenkova , Sam Fankhauser , Jared J. Finnegan

Jul 2020
Journal

Building a Social Mandate for Climate Action: Lessons from COVID-19
in Environmental and Resource Economics
Candice Howarth , Peter Bryant , Adam Corner , Sam Fankhauser , Andy Gouldson , Lorraine Whitmarsh , Rebecca Willis

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