Organisation

University of Cambridge

Report

Too hot to think straight, too cold to panic: landing the economic case for climate action with decision makers

Edmond Rhys Jones, Sahradha Kämmerer, Hamid Maher, Kamiar Mohaddes, Sylvain Santamarta, Annika Zawadzki

There is a strong case for investing in climate mitigation and adaptation based on the severe economic consequences alone. To limit global warming to 2°C by 2100, and avoid a reduction in cumulative GDP of up to 27%, investment in mitigation must increase ninefold and adaptation thirteenfold by 2050. The report identifies priority levers to...
Report

Private space, public good: working together to deliver social infrastructure


Policymakers need to recognise the importance of privately owned social infrastructure and the willingness of many in the private sector to deliver community space. By broadening our understanding of the agents responsible for social infrastructure and highlighting creative approaches to its provision, the report's authors hope to encourage a new model of social infrastructure delivery...
Report

Maximising productivity through managing new technology


This report focuses on the relationship between the management of new technology and productivity, in particular, the extent of education and training in the West Midlands that might support managers in the region to better lever the potential productivity gains of this new technology.
Evaluation

Place-based approaches to tackling local youth violence: a review of evidence on models, implementation and impacts

Michelle Irving, Emma Wills, Jade Mitchell, Amy Hall, Baoyi Tan, Jane Lewis, Aron Shlonsky

This report sets out the findings of a series of linked studies drawing together evidence about place-based approaches to reduce youth violence. The project was commissioned by the Youth Endowment Fund (UK) to support their key strategic work using place-based approaches.
Report

The results are in: the UK's four-day week pilot

Juliet Schor, Wen Fan, Orla Kelly, Guolin Gu, David Frayne, Brendan Burchell, Niamh Bridson Hubbard, Jon White, Daiga Kamarāde, Francisca Mullens

This report details the full findings of the world’s largest four-day working week trial to date, comprising 61 companies and around 2,900 workers, that took place in the UK from June to December 2022.