Category Archives: Other Papers 2021

Article “Climate finance: it’ll be cheaper in the long run if poorer countries receive it as a matter of urgency” by K. Mohaddes et al

Kamiar Mohaddes, Matthew Agarwala, Matt Burke and Patrycja Klusak wrote an article “Climate finance: it’ll be cheaper in the long run if poorer countries receive it as a matter of urgency” that was published in The Conversation on 5 November 2021

In the article, the authors argue that:

Climate change will shrink the economies of rich, poor, hot and cold countries alike and will make it more difficult and more expensive to raise the finance needed to decarbonise in the future. The cost of early action is far cheaper than the cost of delayed action.

Estimates of the amount of finance needed to actually decarbonise the global economy range between US$50 trillion and US$90 trillion. With a thousand billions in a trillion, that US$100 billion everyone is referring to is merely a decimal point.

The bottom line is that mobilising climate finance is a win-win for both the developed and developing economies. And in the context of what will really be needed to address climate change, that US$100 billion is really just a distraction.

The article also refers to the EPRG WPs 2120 and 1925

You can read the article here

Report “Greenovate for a better environment and economy” by Z. Hasna and K.Mohaddes

Zeina Hasna, Henry-James Hatton and Kamiar Mohaddes wrote a report “Greenovate for a better environment and economy” for KPMG International in November 2021. Drawing on patent data from 92 patent-application authorities (24 million observations) and the last three decades for 43 OECD and BRICS countries (roughly 24 million observations), the report shows that green patent… Continue Reading

Blog “How do Businesses Deal with Uncertainty Effectively?” by K. Mohaddes

Kamiar Mohaddes wrote a new blog “How do Businesses Deal with Uncertainty Effectively?” on 13 April 2021. In this blog he discusses different types of uncertainty businesses face and how climate change will be the next global extreme uncertainty entrepreneurs and businesses around the world will have to face. The blog can be found here Continue Reading

Article “Developments in the Overall Customer Satisfaction League” by S. Littlechild

Stephen Littlechild published an article “Developments in the Overall Customer Satisfaction League” in Cornwall Insight Energy Spectrum, Issue 745, on 18 January 2021. You can read the article here Updated calculations from 25 February 2021 can be viewed here , from April 2021 here, from May 2021 here, from June 2021 here, from September 2021 here,… Continue Reading