by Helen Bunting | Jun 29, 2026
When and how do international standards influence domestic policies? The literature identifies a range of ways international standards may relate to domestic regulations—including by exporting, substituting, supplanting, or bolstering national rules—creating...
by Helen Bunting | Nov 7, 2025
This report, the second annual report from the Climate Policy Monitor, is a detailed survey of 37 countries’ climate-related laws and regulations, including the entire G20. Since the start of 2025 the Trump Administration has backtracked on climate policies in...
by Helen Bunting | Oct 10, 2025
This Roadmap identifies and builds on existing trends and gaps in the regulation of carbon markets and establishes six key pillars for their design or reform. It suggests that governments seeking to regulate their approach to carbon markets should first begin with...
by Helen Bunting | Sep 23, 2025
To have a realistic chance of limiting global average temperature increase to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot, the world must reach net zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the early 2050s, alongside rapid, deep, and sustained reductions in other greenhouse gas...
by Helen Bunting | Sep 28, 2024
Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, a growing number of states and firms have adopted targets to reach net zero emissions. These pledges vary significantly both in the timing of adoption and in robustness – measured by whether they adopt procedural best practices. We...
