Journal articles: Recent submissions
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Blocking and its Response to Climate Change
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Purpose of Review Atmospheric blocking events represent some of the most high-impact weather patterns in the mid-latitudes, yet they have often been a cause for concern in future climate projections. There has been low ... -
Sensitivity of black carbon concentrations and climate impact to aging and scavenging in OsloCTM2-M7
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Accurate representation of black carbon (BC) concentrations in climate models is a key prerequisite for understanding its net climate impact. BC aging and scavenging are treated very differently in current models. Here, ... -
Like having an electric car on the roof: Domesticating PV solar panels in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Worldwide, the number of electricity end-users who produce electricity and feed it to the grid, denoted ‘prosumers’, is increasing. Following innovations in policy, technology (e.g. inverters, smart meters), tariffing and ... -
One world or two? Science–policy interactions in the climate field
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This article assesses how science–policy interactions are conceptualized in the social sciences with special reference to climate change and the IPCC. In terms of the dimension of distance (or proximity) between science ... -
Climate warming feedback from mountain birch forest expansion: Reduced albedo dominates carbon uptake
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Expanding high elevation and high latitude forest has contrasting climate feedbacks through carbon sequestration (cooling) and reduced surface reflectance (warming), which are yet poorly quantified. Here, we present an ... -
Nasjonale drivkrefter i USAs klimapolitikk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Da Obama overtok som president i 2009, var ett av hovedmålene å styrke amerikansk klimapolitikk. Fem år senere er målet fortsatt ikke blitt realisert. For å forklare denne manglende måloppnåelsen undersøker vi tre forhold: ... -
The creation of an ecovillage: Negotiating boundaries and identities in a Norwegian sustainable valley
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How to make local context matter in national advice: Towards adaptive comanagement in norwegian climate adaptation
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From Hazard to Risk
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Seizing policy windows: Policy Influence of climate advocacy coalitions in Brazil, China, and India, 2000?2015
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)What drives the development of climate policy? Brazil, China, and India have all changed their climate policies since 2000, and single-case analyses of climate policymaking have found that all three countries have had ... -
Comprehensive assessment of CCS chains–Consistent and transparent methodology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)Through combining insights from engineering, natural sciences, economics, and political science, one consistent, transparent, and comprehensive analytical framework for assessing and evaluating various CCS chains is ... -
Taxis and crowd-taxis: sharing as a private activity and public concern
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)he sharing economy has generated interest among economists for its customer focus and potential to enhance competition. However, it has also caused uproar in industries which have felt competitive pressure, for example ... -
Climate Change and International Relations (After Kyoto)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This review “diagnoses” climate change as an international governance challenge and explores the political feasibility of alternative “cures.” Human activities’ growing effect on Earth's climate system is extremely ... -
Forskjeller i matpriser i Norge og Sverige. Hvilken betydning har reguleringer og avgifter?
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A multi-model comparison of meteorological drivers of surface ozone over Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The implementation of European emission abatement strategies has led to a significant reduction in the emissions of ozone precursors during the last decade. Ground-level ozone is also influenced by meteorological factors ... -
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (GeoMIP6): Simulation design and preliminary results
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)We present a suite of new climate model experiment designs for the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP). This set of experiments, named GeoMIP6 (to be consistent with the Coupled Model Intercomparison ... -
Why the United States did not become a party to the Kyoto Protocol: German, Norwegian, and US perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)According to two-level game theory, negotiators tailor agreements at the international level to be ratifiable at the domestic level. This did not happen in the Kyoto negotiations, however, in the US case. We interviewed ... -
Look to Sweden: The making of a new renewable energy support scheme in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Two renewable energy support schemes have spread across Europe: green certificate schemes (GCSs) and feed-in tariffs (FITs). After a decade-long policy-making process, Norwegian decision makers decided in 2011 to adopt a ... -
Explaining growing climate policy differences between the European Union and the United States
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Strong rhetorical differences between the European Union and the United States on climate matters have been evident for almost two decades. Since the mid-2000s, such differences are becoming visible in their respective ... -
US presidents and the failure to ratify multilateral environmental agreements
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Whereas the US President signed the Kyoto Protocol, the failure of the US Congress to ratify it seriously hampered subsequent international climate cooperation. This recent US trend, of signing environmental treaties but ...