Fankhauser , Samuel


Professor Samuel Fankhauser  

Department

Position held

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Co-director (acting)

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Member

UK Committee on Climate Change

Experience keywords:

carbon markets; adaptation to climate change; climate change economics

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My research interests are the economics of climate change, in particular the functioning of carbon markets, the economic costs (impacts) of climate change and the economics of adaptation to a warmer climate.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

EnergyEnvironmentPolicy and Regulatory Bodies

Languages:

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7106 1220

Publications

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2013

Townshend, Terry and Fankhauser, Samuel and Aybar, Rafael and Collins, Murray and Landesman, Tucker and Nachmany, Michal and Pavese, Carolina (2013) How national legislation can help to solve climate change. Nature Climate Change, 3 (5). pp. 430-432. ISSN 1758-678X

Fankhauser, Samuel and Soare, Raluca (2013) An economic approach to adaptation: illustrations from Europe. Climatic change, 118 (2). pp. 367-379. ISSN 0165-0009

Fankhauser, Samuel (2013) A practitioner's guide to a low-carbon economy: lessons from the UK. Climate Policy, 13 (3). pp. 345-362. ISSN 1469-3062

2012

Bowen, Alex and Cochrane, Sarah and Fankhauser, Samuel (2012) Climate change, adaptation and economic growth. Climatic change, 113 (2). pp. 95-106. ISSN 0165-0009

Fankhauser, Sam (2012) Onshore wind energy certainly has a role to play in decarbonising our economy. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

2011

Fankhauser, Samuel (2011) The UK government should stick to a plan of aggressive de-carbonisation and avoid the temptation of a new dash for gas. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bowen, Alex and Fankhauser, Samuel (2011) The green growth narrative: paradigm shift or just spin? Global environmental change, 21 (4). pp. 1157-1159. ISSN 0959-3780

Fankhauser, Samuel (2011) Carbon trading: a good idea is going through a bad patch. The European financial review, April pp. 32-35. ISSN 1757-5680

Fankhauser, Samuel and Hepburn, Cameron and Park, Jisung (2011) Combining multiple climate policy instruments: how not to do it. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment working papers, 38. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Fankhauser, Samuel and Burton, Ian (2011) Spending adaptation money wisely. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment working paper , 37. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Fankhauser, Samuel (2011) Do climate targets work? Carbon management, 2 (5). pp. 495-497. ISSN 1758-3004

Bowen, Alex and Fankhauser, Samuel (2011) Low carbon development for the least developed countries. World economics, 12 (1). pp. 145-162. ISSN 1468-1838

Fankhauser, Samuel and Schmidt-Traub, Guido (2011) From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Climate and development, 3 (2). pp. 94-113. ISSN 1756-5529

Fankhauser, Samuel and Schmidt-Traub, Guido (2011) From adaptation to climate resilient development: the cost of climate proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. 3. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London, UK

2010

Ranger, Nicola and Millner, Anthony and Dietz, Simon and Fankhauser, Samuel and Lopez, Ana and Ruta, Giovanni (2010) Adaptation in the UK: a decision-making process. Environment Agency, London, UK

Barr, Rhona F. and Fankhauser, Samuel and Hamilton, Kirk (2010) The allocation of adaptation funding. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Fankhauser, Samuel (2010) The costs of adaptation. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change, 1 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 1757-7799

Fankhauser, Samuel and Martin, Nat (2010) The economics of the CDM levy: revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects. Energy Policy, 38 (1). pp. 357-363. ISSN 0301-4215

Barr, Rhona F. and Fankhauser, Samuel and Hamilton, Kirk (2010) Adaptation investments: a resource allocation framework. Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change, 15 (8). pp. 843-858. ISSN 1381-2386

Fankhauser, Samuel and Hepburn, Cameron and Park, Jisung (2010) Combining multiple climate policy instruments: how not to do it. Climate change economics, 1 (33). pp. 209-225. ISSN 2010-0078

Dietz, Simon and Fankhauser, Samuel (2010) Environmental prices, uncertainty, and learning. Oxford review of economic policy, 26 (2). pp. 270-284. ISSN 0266-903X

Fankhauser, Samuel and Hepburn, Cameron (2010) Designing carbon markets, part I: carbon markets in time. Energy policy, 38 (8). pp. 4363-4370. ISSN 0301-4215

Hepburn, Cameron and Fankhauser, Samuel (2010) Designing carbon markets, part II: carbon markets in space. Energy policy, 38 (8). pp. 4381-4387. ISSN 0301-4215

2009

Brinkman, Marcel and Fankhauser, Samuel and Irons, Ben and Weyers, Stephan (2009) The carbon market in 2020: volumes, prices and gains from trade. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 11. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Dietz, Simon and Fankhauser, Samuel (2009) Environmental prices, uncertainty and learning. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 10. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Fankhauser, Samuel (2009) The costs of adaptation. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 7. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Fankhauser, Samuel and Hepburn, Cameron (2009) Carbon markets in space and time. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 3. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Watson, Charlene and Fankhauser, Samuel (2009) The Clean Development Mechanism: too flexible to produce sustainable development benefits? Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 2. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Fankhauser, Samuel and Martin, Nat and Prichard, Stephen (2009) The economics of the CDM levy: revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 1. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Bowen, Alex and Fankhauser, Samuel and Stern, Nicholas and Zenghelis, Dimitri (2009) An outline of the case for a ‘green’ stimulus. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK

Parry, Martin and Arnell, Nigel and Berry, Pam and Dodman, David and Fankhauser, Samuel and Hope, Chris and Kovats, Sari and Nicholls, Robert and Satterthwaite, David and Tiffin, Richard and Wheeler, Tim and Lowe, Jason and Hanson, Clair (2009) Report on reports: adaptation to climate change: assessing the costs. Environment: science and policy for sustainable development, 51 (6). pp. 29-36. ISSN 0013-9157

Fankhauser, Samuel and Kennedy, David and Skea, Jim (2009) Building a low-carbon economy: the inaugural report of the UK committee on climate change. Global environmental change part B: environmental hazards, 8 (3). pp. 201-208. ISSN 1464-2867

2008

Agrawala, Shardu and Fankhauser, Samuel, (eds.) (2008) Economic aspects of adaptation to climate change: costs, benefits and policy instruments. OECD, Paris, France. ISBN 9789264046030

Fankhauser, Samuel and Sehlleier, Friedel and Stern, Nicholas (2008) Climate change, innovation and jobs. Climate Policy, 8 (4). pp. 421-429. ISSN 1469-3062

Agrawala, Shardul and Fankhauser, Samuel, (eds.) (2008) Economic aspects of adaption to climate change: costs benefits and policy instruments. OECD Publishing, Paris, France. ISBN 9789264046030

2006

Fankhauser, Samuel (2006) The economics of adaptation: background note for the Stern Review. HM Treasury

2005

Buiter, Willem H. and Fankhauser, Samuel and Fries, Steven (2005) Transition, welfare and sustainable development. In: Fries, Steven, (ed.) Transition report 2002: agriculture and rural transition. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, UK, pp. 3-13. ISBN 1898802211

Fankhauser, Samuel and Sjtol, Richard (2005) On climate change and economic growth. Resource and energy economics, 27 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 0928-7655

1999

Fankhauser, Samuel and Smith, Joel B. and Tol, Richard S. J. (1999) Weathering climate change: some simple rules to guide adaptation decisions. Ecological Economics, 30 (1). pp. 67-78. ISSN 0921-8009

1998

Fankhauser, Samuel (1998) Global climate change: the challenges for development policy. Environment and development economics, 3 (3). pp. 369-371. ISSN 1355-770X

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