Publications

Top Publications

• FASTER, SMARTER, GREENER: The state of city innovation on climate change and other urban challenges

  Municipal governments around the world are facing challenges of increasing complexity, including climate change and the need for sustainable, resilient and low carbon development. This report presents the findings from a survey and case study analysis of 50 diverse cities to understand how they are identifying and communicating their challenges; finding solutions to these challenges; and what barriers they faced in implementing these solutions.

  

• Global outdoor LED trials

  LED outdoor products can cut energy consumed by lighting by more than half, LED products have now reached technological maturity for applications such as street lighting, and Canada and Québec are well positioned to benefit from an LED scale-up.

  

• Shaping China’s Climate Finance Policy

  The Shaping China’s Climate Finance Policy report calls for a two stage plan to reform China’s climate finance mechanisms by 2020.

  

• Insight Briefing | Unlocking low carbon innovation

  At the World Economic Forum in Davos, we shared the first of our Insight Briefings. This is the executive summary.

  

• Post-COP18 briefing

  The 18th UN Climate Conference closed on Saturday December 8, in Doha, Qatar, with a generally weak, but not unexpected outcome.

  

• The Business Guide to the Low Carbon Economy: Queensland

  Date

  15 December 2009

• Doing the Deal: Key Elements for a Copenhagen Climate Agreement

  Date

  13 December 2009

• The Business Guide to the Low Carbon Economy: NSW

  Date

  01 November 2009

• Cutting the Cost: The economic benefits of collaborative action on climate change

  Date

  21 September 2009

• The Effects of EU Climate Legislation on Business Competitiveness

  Date

  17 September 2009

• China's Clean Revolution II: Opportunities for a low carbon future

  Date

  20 August 2009

• Technology for a Low Carbon Future

  Date

  06 July 2009

• China's Low Carbon Leadership in Cities (Chinese)

  Date

  22 January 2009

• Consumers, Brands and Climate Change 2008 (US)

  Date

  04 November 2008

• Consumers, Brands and Climate Change 2008 (UK)

  Date

  31 October 2008