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Kelly Levin
Researcher at World Resources Institute
Publications - 47
Citations - 1661
Kelly Levin is an academic researcher from World Resources Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Greenhouse gas & Corporate governance. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 44 publications receiving 1414 citations.
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Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change
TL;DR: It is argued that an “applied forward reasoning” approach is better suited for social scientists seeking to address climate change, which is characterized as a “super wicked” problem comprising four key features: time is running out, those who cause the problem also seek to provide a solution, the central authority needed to address it is weak or non-existent, and policy responses discount the future irrationally.
The emissions gap report: Are the Copenhagen Accord pledges sufficient to limit global warming to 2° C or 1.5° C?
Caspar Olausson,Brian C. O'Neill,Ben Matthews,Jiang Kejun,Mikiko Kainuma,Nicola Ranger,Emanuele Massetti,Fabian Wagner,Zhao Xiusheng,Tatsuya Hanaoka,Claudio Gesteira,Kelly Levin,Jason Lowe,Niklas Höhne,William Hare,Michel G.J. den Elzen,Keywan Riahi,Chris Taylor,Claudine Chen,Rob Dellink,Valentina Bosetti,Murray Ward,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Jørgen Villy Fenhann +23 more
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The Climate Regime as Global Forest Governance: Can Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Initiatives Pass a ‘Dual Effectiveness’ Test?
TL;DR: The authors argues that REDD initiatives will yield significant impacts only if decision makers are committed to a results-based "dual effectiveness" test, addressing both forest degradation and global emissions reductions, and involving significant and measurable global-scale targets.
Designing and Preparing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
Kelly Levin,David Rich,Dennis Tirpak,Heather McGray,David Waskow,Yamil Bonduki,Michael Comstock,Ian R. Noble,Kathleen Mogelgaard +8 more
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Building the Forest-Climate Bandwagon: REDD and the Logic of Problem Amelioration •
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that to realize its potential, REDD+ policy mechanisms must be careful to move away from the commodification of forest stewardship that reinforces short-term strategic positions of powerful producing and consuming interests whose current activities are the culprits of global forest decline.