This article outlines recent developments in Markdown scripting languages that facilitate the production of replicable, publication quality, research. The approach is similar to that achieved by using, say, Sweave, R and LaTeX, but is written instead in simple Markdown syntax and not tied to any...

Despite the success of many countries in increasing energy saving and energy efficiency, the global energy consumption is expected to continue its growth. The main reasons are economic development and population growth happening primarily in developing and emerging economies, especially in India...

Ausgangspunkt des Impulspapiers von Manfred Linz und Gerhard Scherhorn ist ihre Feststellung, dass alle Energieszenarien bis 2010 unter einer Überschätzung der technologischen Lösungen litten. Die Szenarien gingen davon aus, dass das Klimaziel auch bei unveränderter Steigerung der...

This report contains results from research projects for the European Commission and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research ('SET-Nav', H2020 grant agreement no. 691843; 'FoReSee', BMBF Economics of Climate Change grant agreement no 01LA1811B).

This study develops a scenario-based model to assess the current and future trends in energy demand in Africa and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Future energy demand is forecast on the basis of socio-economic variables such as gross domestic product, income per capita, population, and...

We analyze the economic effects of the differentiated targets for carbon abatement in six European Union member states. Our recursively-dynamic model includes a detailed representation of trade and energy consumption and incorporates optimistic projections for future energy markets provided by...