Policy Briefings
"The CDL Field Guide To Obstruction of Loss and Damage Finance in the UNFCCC Negotiations." J. Timmons Roberts, Danielle Falzon, Fred Shaia, M.D., Fahad Hossain, Stacy-ann Robinson, Mizah Khan, and David Ciplet. Fall 2022.
"Who’s Influencing Connecticut Climate and Clean Energy Politics? Five Questions." Trevor Culhane, Galen Hall, and J. Timmons Roberts. Fall 2021.
"Beyond Climate Denial: The Public Relations Industry's Role in Obstructing Climate Action." Cartie Werthman, Emily Rockwell, with support from Kian Kafaie and Maya Jackson. Fall 2021.
"Can State Utility Commissions Lead in the Clean Energy Transition? Lessons From Six States." Cole Triedman, Eve Lukens-Day, Amanda Hinh, Noah Ball-Burack. Fall 2021.
"Who’s Influencing Connecticut Climate and Clean Energy Politics? Five Questions." Trevor Culhane, Galen Hall, and J. Timmons Roberts. Fall 2021.
"Beyond Climate Denial: The Public Relations Industry's Role in Obstructing Climate Action." Cartie Werthman, Emily Rockwell, with support from Kian Kafaie and Maya Jackson. Fall 2021.
"Can State Utility Commissions Lead in the Clean Energy Transition? Lessons From Six States." Cole Triedman, Eve Lukens-Day, Amanda Hinh, Noah Ball-Burack. Fall 2021.
"Chamber of Obstruction: The U.S. Chamber's Shifting Discourses on Climate Change, 1989-2009." Cole Triedman. Summer 2021.
"Who's Delaying Climate Action in Massachusetts? Twelve Findings." Galen Hall, Trevor Culhane, J. Timmons Roberts. Winter 2021.
"American Utilities and the Climate Change Countermovement." Cole Triedman, Andrew Javens, Jessie Sugarman & David Wingate. Fall 2019.
"Countermovement Coalitions: Climate Denialist Organizational Profiles." Caroline Jones, Cartie Werthman, Daniel Motley, Cole Triedman & Mara Dolan. Winter 2018.
"Pocket Guide to Transparency Under the UNFCCC." Harro Van Asselt, Romain Weikmans, J. Timmons Roberts. European Capacity Building Initiative. June, 2017.
"Climate misinformation campaigns and public sociology." Robert J. Brulle, J. Timmons Roberts. Contexts (ASA Journal). Winter 2017.
“Fit for Purpose: Negotiating the New Climate Finance Accounting Systems." Romain Weikmans, J. Timmons Roberts. Climate Strategies. 2016.
"Putting the ‘enhanced transparency framework’ into action: Priorities for a key pillar of the Paris Agreement." H. van Asselt, Romain Weikmans, Timmons Roberts, A. Abeysinghe. Stockholm Environment Institute. 2016.
"Spanish investors can capitalize on the low-carbon transition in Latin America." Guy Edwards and Lara Lázaro. ARI 33/2016 - 25/4/2016. April, 2016.
"Toward Transparency." Timmons Roberts, Romain Weikmans, Ian Tellam, Martin Stadelmann, Danielle Falzon, Harro van Asselt, Mizan Khan, Saleemul Huq, Kevin Adams, Harry August, Thomas Culver, Caroline Jones, Kai Salem, Austen Sharpe, Stephen Stahr, Andrea Zhu, David Ciplet. Adaptation Watch Publication. November, 2016.
"Transparency of Action and Support under the Paris Agreement." Harro van Asselt, Romain Weikmans, Timmons Roberts, Achala Abeysinghe. European Capacity Building Initiative. October, 2016.
"Financing Options for Loss and Damage: A Review and Roadmap." Alexis Durand, Victoria Hoffmeister, Romain Weikmans, Jonathan Gewirtzman, Sujay Natson, Saleemul Huq, J. Timmons Roberts. Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik. 2016.
“COP15 and the Latin American Bloc: Not in harmony.” Guy Edwards and J. Timmons Roberts. Americas Quarterly. Winter 2015: 31-36. December, 2015.
“Toward Mutual Accountability: The 2015 Adaptation Finance Transparency Gap Report.” Timmons Roberts, Romain Weikmans, Ian Tellam, Sonya Gurwitt, Jeff Baum, Camila Bustos, Alexis Durand, Michael Murphy, Olivia Santiago, Saleemul Huq, Kevin Adams, David Ciplen, Sohum Chokshi, Meghan Holloway, Sujay Natson, Jonathan Gewirtzman, Crystal Avila, Mili Mitra, Joseph Holler, Kailani Acosta, Eliza Drury, Javier Gonzales-Iwanciw, Adaptation Watch publication, November, 2015
"Walking the Talk? World Bank Energy-Related Policies and Financing 2000-2004 to 2010 to 2014." Janet Redman, Alexis Durand, Maria Camila Bustos, Jeff Baum, Timmons Roberts, CDL and Institute for Policy Studies, October 2015
“The China-CELAC Forum: Opportunities for Increasing Cooperation on Low Carbon Development” Guy Edwards, Amal-Lee Amin, Timmons Roberts, Taylor Dimsdale and Gabriela Moya, CDL and E3G Discussion Note, January, 2015
“Comparing Latin American Energy Policies on Climate Change: Toward an Ambitious and Equitable Climate Agreement” Kirsch, Alison, in collaboration with Climate Action Network - Latinoamérica, December, 2014.
“High Carbon Chinese-Latin American Relations in a Carbon Constrained World” Edwards, Guy and Timmons Roberts, Working Paper 72, Brookings Institution, March, 2014.
“The EU and Latin America and the Caribbean: Paving the Road towards a New Global Climate Change Agreement in 2015?” Edwards, Guy and Timmons Roberts. Policy Brief, EU-LAC Foundation, November, 2013.
“A Burden to Share? Addressing Unequal Climate Impacts in the Least Developed Countries” David Ciplet, Timmons Roberts, Pa Ousman, Achala Abeysinghe, Alexis Durand, Daniel Kopin, Olivia Santiago, Keith Madden, Sophie Purdom. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Briefing, November 2013.
"Environmental and climate finance in a new world: How past environmental aid allocation impacts future climate aid"
Marcoux, Christopher, Bradley C. Parks, Christian M. Peratsakis, J. Timmons Roberts, and Michael J. Tierney, November, 2013.
"First Steps Toward a Quality of Climate Finance Scorecard (QUODA-CF): Creating a Comparative Index to Assess International Climate Finance Contributions." Katherine Sierra, Timmons Roberts, Michele de Nevers, Claire Langley and Cory Smith. Washinton, July 2013.
“A Fair Compromise to Break the Climate Impasse: A Major Economies Forum Approach to Emissions Reductions Budgeting.” Marco Grasso and J. Timmons Roberts. Global Views Policy Briefing, The Brookings Institution. Washington, April 2013.
“Least Developed, Most Vulnerable: Risks and Opportunities of Fast Start Climate Finance and Beyond for the LDCs.” David Ciplet, Timmons Roberts, Spencer Fields, Keith Madden, and Mizan Khan. Policy Briefing, European Capacity Building Initiative/Oxford Climate Policy, March 2013.
“The Eight Unmet Promises of Fast-Start Climate Finance.” David Ciplet, Spencer Field, Keith Madden, Mizan Khan, and J. Timmons Roberts. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Briefing, November 2012.
“Shaping the Durban Platform: Latin America and the Caribbean in a future High Ambition Deal” Garibaldi, Jose Alberto., Araya, Monica., and Edwards, Guy. CDKN Policy Brief, March, 2012.
“Adaptation Finance: How Can Durban Deliver on Past Promises” By David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts, Mizan Khan, Linglang He, and Spencer Fields. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, November 2011.
“Scoring Fast-Start Climate Finance: Leaders and Laggards in Transparency.” By David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts, Martin Stadelmann, Saleemul Huq and Achala Chandani. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, September 2011.
“A Collective Commitment”? Nailing down Climate Finance at Cancun and Durban." J. Timmons Roberts and Martin Stadelmann. Outreach special issue on Cancun climate negotiations, January 2011.
“Fast-start Adaptation Funding: Keeping Promises from Copenhagen.” By David Ciplet, Achala Chandani, J. Timmons Roberts and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, November 2010.
“Keeping a big promise: options for baselines to assess “new and additional” climate finance.” Martin Stadelmann, J. Timmons Roberts, and Axel Michaelowa. Working Paper Series, University of Zurich. November 2010.
“How many people does it take to administer long term finance.” Ciplet, David, Benito Muller and Timmons Roberts. The European Capacity Building Initiative. October 2010.
“Baseline for Trust: Defining ‘New and Additional’ Climate Funding.” By Martin Stadelman, J. Timmons Roberts and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, June 2010.
“Copenhagen’s Climate Finance Promises: Six Key Questions.” By J. Timmons Roberts, Martin Stadelman, and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, February 2010.
“Billions at Stake in Climate Finance: Four Key Lessons.” By Peter Newell, J. Timmons Roberts, Emily Boyd, and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, November 2009.
"Climate misinformation campaigns and public sociology." Robert J. Brulle, J. Timmons Roberts. Contexts (ASA Journal). Winter 2017.
“Fit for Purpose: Negotiating the New Climate Finance Accounting Systems." Romain Weikmans, J. Timmons Roberts. Climate Strategies. 2016.
"Putting the ‘enhanced transparency framework’ into action: Priorities for a key pillar of the Paris Agreement." H. van Asselt, Romain Weikmans, Timmons Roberts, A. Abeysinghe. Stockholm Environment Institute. 2016.
"Spanish investors can capitalize on the low-carbon transition in Latin America." Guy Edwards and Lara Lázaro. ARI 33/2016 - 25/4/2016. April, 2016.
"Toward Transparency." Timmons Roberts, Romain Weikmans, Ian Tellam, Martin Stadelmann, Danielle Falzon, Harro van Asselt, Mizan Khan, Saleemul Huq, Kevin Adams, Harry August, Thomas Culver, Caroline Jones, Kai Salem, Austen Sharpe, Stephen Stahr, Andrea Zhu, David Ciplet. Adaptation Watch Publication. November, 2016.
"Transparency of Action and Support under the Paris Agreement." Harro van Asselt, Romain Weikmans, Timmons Roberts, Achala Abeysinghe. European Capacity Building Initiative. October, 2016.
"Financing Options for Loss and Damage: A Review and Roadmap." Alexis Durand, Victoria Hoffmeister, Romain Weikmans, Jonathan Gewirtzman, Sujay Natson, Saleemul Huq, J. Timmons Roberts. Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik. 2016.
“COP15 and the Latin American Bloc: Not in harmony.” Guy Edwards and J. Timmons Roberts. Americas Quarterly. Winter 2015: 31-36. December, 2015.
“Toward Mutual Accountability: The 2015 Adaptation Finance Transparency Gap Report.” Timmons Roberts, Romain Weikmans, Ian Tellam, Sonya Gurwitt, Jeff Baum, Camila Bustos, Alexis Durand, Michael Murphy, Olivia Santiago, Saleemul Huq, Kevin Adams, David Ciplen, Sohum Chokshi, Meghan Holloway, Sujay Natson, Jonathan Gewirtzman, Crystal Avila, Mili Mitra, Joseph Holler, Kailani Acosta, Eliza Drury, Javier Gonzales-Iwanciw, Adaptation Watch publication, November, 2015
"Walking the Talk? World Bank Energy-Related Policies and Financing 2000-2004 to 2010 to 2014." Janet Redman, Alexis Durand, Maria Camila Bustos, Jeff Baum, Timmons Roberts, CDL and Institute for Policy Studies, October 2015
“The China-CELAC Forum: Opportunities for Increasing Cooperation on Low Carbon Development” Guy Edwards, Amal-Lee Amin, Timmons Roberts, Taylor Dimsdale and Gabriela Moya, CDL and E3G Discussion Note, January, 2015
“Comparing Latin American Energy Policies on Climate Change: Toward an Ambitious and Equitable Climate Agreement” Kirsch, Alison, in collaboration with Climate Action Network - Latinoamérica, December, 2014.
“High Carbon Chinese-Latin American Relations in a Carbon Constrained World” Edwards, Guy and Timmons Roberts, Working Paper 72, Brookings Institution, March, 2014.
“The EU and Latin America and the Caribbean: Paving the Road towards a New Global Climate Change Agreement in 2015?” Edwards, Guy and Timmons Roberts. Policy Brief, EU-LAC Foundation, November, 2013.
“A Burden to Share? Addressing Unequal Climate Impacts in the Least Developed Countries” David Ciplet, Timmons Roberts, Pa Ousman, Achala Abeysinghe, Alexis Durand, Daniel Kopin, Olivia Santiago, Keith Madden, Sophie Purdom. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Briefing, November 2013.
"Environmental and climate finance in a new world: How past environmental aid allocation impacts future climate aid"
Marcoux, Christopher, Bradley C. Parks, Christian M. Peratsakis, J. Timmons Roberts, and Michael J. Tierney, November, 2013.
"First Steps Toward a Quality of Climate Finance Scorecard (QUODA-CF): Creating a Comparative Index to Assess International Climate Finance Contributions." Katherine Sierra, Timmons Roberts, Michele de Nevers, Claire Langley and Cory Smith. Washinton, July 2013.
“A Fair Compromise to Break the Climate Impasse: A Major Economies Forum Approach to Emissions Reductions Budgeting.” Marco Grasso and J. Timmons Roberts. Global Views Policy Briefing, The Brookings Institution. Washington, April 2013.
“Least Developed, Most Vulnerable: Risks and Opportunities of Fast Start Climate Finance and Beyond for the LDCs.” David Ciplet, Timmons Roberts, Spencer Fields, Keith Madden, and Mizan Khan. Policy Briefing, European Capacity Building Initiative/Oxford Climate Policy, March 2013.
“The Eight Unmet Promises of Fast-Start Climate Finance.” David Ciplet, Spencer Field, Keith Madden, Mizan Khan, and J. Timmons Roberts. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Briefing, November 2012.
“Shaping the Durban Platform: Latin America and the Caribbean in a future High Ambition Deal” Garibaldi, Jose Alberto., Araya, Monica., and Edwards, Guy. CDKN Policy Brief, March, 2012.
“Adaptation Finance: How Can Durban Deliver on Past Promises” By David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts, Mizan Khan, Linglang He, and Spencer Fields. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, November 2011.
“Scoring Fast-Start Climate Finance: Leaders and Laggards in Transparency.” By David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts, Martin Stadelmann, Saleemul Huq and Achala Chandani. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, September 2011.
“A Collective Commitment”? Nailing down Climate Finance at Cancun and Durban." J. Timmons Roberts and Martin Stadelmann. Outreach special issue on Cancun climate negotiations, January 2011.
“Fast-start Adaptation Funding: Keeping Promises from Copenhagen.” By David Ciplet, Achala Chandani, J. Timmons Roberts and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, November 2010.
“Keeping a big promise: options for baselines to assess “new and additional” climate finance.” Martin Stadelmann, J. Timmons Roberts, and Axel Michaelowa. Working Paper Series, University of Zurich. November 2010.
“How many people does it take to administer long term finance.” Ciplet, David, Benito Muller and Timmons Roberts. The European Capacity Building Initiative. October 2010.
“Baseline for Trust: Defining ‘New and Additional’ Climate Funding.” By Martin Stadelman, J. Timmons Roberts and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, June 2010.
“Copenhagen’s Climate Finance Promises: Six Key Questions.” By J. Timmons Roberts, Martin Stadelman, and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, February 2010.
“Billions at Stake in Climate Finance: Four Key Lessons.” By Peter Newell, J. Timmons Roberts, Emily Boyd, and Saleemul Huq. International Institute for the Environment and Development Briefing, November 2009.