Editors' Choice 2024

User icon Toby Green
21 February 2024
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Every week, Gary Price and I choose new and noteworthy reports for Policy Matters, a newsletter that goes out to our growing community of registered users. Here are reports we've chosen so far in 2024.


WWA: World Weather Attribution · 22 February 2024 English

Extreme wildfires in coastal-central Chile have been fuelled by intense and persistent fire-conducive weather conditions in the region since the beginning of the year favouring the spread of severe fires …


Resolution Foundation · 23 March 2024

In an election year, jobs and benefits are often centre stage. Alongside the UK’s stagnant wage growth, there is one big issue that will face the next government: the rises …


CCAC: Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants · 25 February 2024

This Used Heavy- Duty Vehicles and the Environment: A Global Overview of Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles: Flow, Scale and Regulation report analyses the flow and scale of used heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) …


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 27 September 2024

This working paper investigates how fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU) impacts the global economy. Fiscal policy uncertainty refers to ambiguity in government spending, tax policies, and public debt management, often resulting …


APS Reform: Australian Public Service Reform · 14 March 2024

To deepen our understanding of public sentiment towards democracy, we launched the Survey of Trust and Satisfaction in Australian Democracy in June 2023, engaging a nationally representative sample of 5,000 …


24 October 2024

The Emissions Gap Report 2024 by UNEP critically examines the disparity between current greenhouse gas emissions and the levels required to meet the global climate targets outlined in the Paris …


The Australia Institute · 20 March 2024

Academic publishing houses are among the most profitable businesses in the world. They charge exorbitant fees for access to research that the public funds. The global momentum toward a free …


UK Covid-19 Inquiry · 18 July 2024

The first report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry examines the resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom for a pandemic, revealing significant shortcomings in the system. Despite prior beliefs of …


Ofcom: Office of Communications · 19 April 2024

The Children’s Media Lives project follows, as far as possible. the same group of 21 children aged 8 to 17, conducting filmed interviews each year to learn about their media …


14 March 2024

The observation of individuals attaining remarkable ages, and their concentration into geographic sub-regions or ‘blue zones’, has generated considerable scientific interest. Proposed drivers of remarkable longevity include high vegetable intake, …