Adaptation and Resilience
About the Research
Most climate policy is intended to either stimulate economic growth or to reduce emissions, but increasingly, governments are contending with the impacts of climate change itself. CPL explores the synergies between economic development, mitigation, and adaptation or resilience policies and strategies, identifies trade-offs, and is increasingly analyzing the efficacy of climate adaptation policies themselves.
Kuhl, Laura (2019). Synergies between Climate Policies and the Sustainable Development Goals in Haiti. Available at SSRN. (February 28, 2019).
Kuhl, L. (2018). Potential contributions of market-systems development initiatives for building climate resilience. World Development (108), 131-144.
Cohn, A., Newton, P., Gil, J., Kuhl, L., Samberg, L., Ricciardi, V., Manly, J., Northrop, S. (2017). Smallholder Agriculture and Climate Change. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 42(1).
Kasdan, M., Kuhl, L., Kurukulasuryia, P. (2020). The evolution of transformational change in multilateral funds dedicated to financing adaptation to climate change. Climate and Development Journal.
Moomaw, W.R., Bhandary, R., Kuhl, L. and Verkooijen, P. (2016) Sustainable Development Diplomacy: Diagnostics for the Negotiation and Implementation of Sustainable Development. Global Policy, 8: 73–81. DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12350
Sotolongo M, Kuhl L, Baker S. Using environmental justice to inform disaster recovery: Vulnerability and electricity restoration in Puerto Rico. Environmental Science and Policy, 122: 59-71.
Kuhl L, van Maanen K, Scyphers S. 2020. An analysis of UNFCCC-financed coastal adaptation projects: Assessing patterns of project design and contributions to adaptive capacity. World Development 127: 10478.
Stratton AE, Kuhl L, Blesh J. 2020. Ecological and nutritional functions of agroecosystems as indicators of smallholder resilience. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4, 173
Kuhl L. 2021. Policymaking under scarcity: reflections for designing socially-just climate adaptation policy, One Earth 4(2): 202-212.
Jones L, Kuhl L, Matthews N. 2020. Addressing power and scale in resilience programming: a call to engage across funding, delivery and evaluation. The Geographic Journal, 186 (4), 415-423.
Kasdan M, Kuhl L, Kurukulasuriya P. 2020. The evolution of transformational change in multilateral funds dedicated to financing adaptation to climate change. Climate and Development, 1-16.
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Aker, J., Ksoll, C. (2020). Can ABC Lead to Sustained 123? The Medium-Term Effects of a Technology-Enhanced Adult Education Program. Economic Development and Cultural Change 68: 1081–1102.
Aker, J., Blumenstock, J., Dillon, B.(2020). How Important is the Yellow Pages? Experimental Evidence from Tanzania*. Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Hidrobo, M., Palloni, G., Aker, J., Gilligan, D.O., Ledlie, N. (2020). Paying for Digital Information: Assessing Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for a Digital Agriculture and Nutrition Service in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper.
Aker, J., Sawyer, M., Goldstein, M., O'Sullivan, M., McConnell, M. (2020). Just a Bit of Cushion: The Role of a Simple Savings Device in Meeting Planned and Unplanned Expenses in Rural Niger. World Development 128. April 2020.
Aker, J., Prina, S., Welch, J. (2020). Migration, Money Transfers, and Mobile Money: Evidence from Niger. AEA Papers and Proceedings 110: 589–593.
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Aker, J., Collier, P., & Vicente, P. (2017). Is information power? Using mobile phones and free newspapers during an election in Mozambique. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(2), 185-200.
Zhang, Fang. "The policy coordinator role of national development banks in scaling climate finance: Evidence from the renewable energy sector" Climate Policy. (2022).
Lazetic, Marina; Jacobsen, Karen, “Climate change, social justice, and dislocation in the United States: Recommendations for Policy Makers.” Policy Brief, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, April 2022.
Yimere, Abay; Assefa, Engdawork. "Current and Future Irrigation Water Requirement and Potential in the Abbay River Basin, Ethiopia," Sage Journals, Volume: 15. (2022).
Lokarajan, Jayashri; Toft, Monica, “Climate Change-Induced Disrupting Threats and US National Security” Policy Brief, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, April 2022.
Coughlan de Perez, Erin, et. Al, “Adapting to climate change through anticipatory action: The potential use of weather-based early warnings.” Weather and Climate Extremes, Volume 38, (2022).
Bethany Tietjen & Tarun Gopalakrishnan (2023) Loss and Damage Funding in the UN Climate Negotiations: From Dialogue to Reality, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 65:3, 18-28.
Coughlan de Perez, E., Griffin, T., Ganapathi, H., Masukwedza, G., Kelder, T. "Potential for surprising heat and drought events in wheat-producing regions of USA and China," npj Clim Atmos Sci. (2023).
Tietjen, B., Jacobsen, K., Hollander, J., "Climate Change and Urban Migration in Sub-Saharan African Cities: Impacts and Governance Challenges," Journal of Climate Resilience and Climate Justice. (2023).
Ten, Z., Zhang, S., Liu, H., Huang, R., Wang, H., and Pu, L. "The feasibility and policy engagements in achieving net zero emissions in China's power sector by 2050: A LEAP-REP model analysis," Energy Conversion and Management, 304 (2024).
Clark, J., Tietjen, B., Jaffe, A. M., Salak, S., and Coughlan de Perez, E. "Preparing for Novel Extreme Weather Events in the United States: Lessons from Disasters," Policy Brief, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School at Tufts University. (April 2024)
