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Towards net zero emissions in Denmark
Barker, Andrew - 2022
Denmark has been a frontrunner in policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and now plans to cut emissions by 70% by 2030 from 1990 levels and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Such ambition induces halving emissions from 2019 levels and making the same emission abatement effort in ten...
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On the Geographic Implications of Carbon Taxes
Conte, Bruno; Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
A unilateral carbon tax trades off the distortionary costs of taxation and the future gains from slowing down global warming. Because the cost is local and immediate, whereas the benefit is global and delayed, this tradeoff tends to be unfavorable to unilateral carbon taxes. We show that this...
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Differences in How and Why Social Comparison and Real-Time Feedback Impact Resource Use : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Andor, Mark Andreas; Götte, Lorenz; Price, Michael Keith; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
having experienced them for one month. We find that SC leads to a reduction in water use per shower by 9.4%, RTF by 28 …
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Private Sector Participation in Natural Resource Management: What Relevance in Developing Countries?
Johnstone, Nick; Bishop, Joshua - In: International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 1 (2007) 1, pp. 67-109
water, potable water, fisheries, and forest land. It is argued that private sector participation in natural resource …
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On the economics of virtual water trade
Reimer, Jeffrey J. - In: Ecological Economics 75 (2012) C, pp. 135-139
Virtual water trade is increasingly recognized as a useful metaphor for thinking about freshwater resources in an … article I develop new theoretical results that place the virtual water concept on a firm economic foundation, and which … correct several misconceptions within the existing literature on virtual water economics. …
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Towards green growth in emerging market economies : evidence from environmental performance reviews
Samson, Rachel; Capozza, Ivana - 2019
This paper provides a cross-country review of progress towards green growth in selected emerging market economies that are members or partners of the OECD. It draws on the country studies conducted within the OECD Environmental Performance Review Programme for Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia,...
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Urban climate adaptation and leadership : from conceptual understanding to practical action
Carmin, JoAnn; Dodman, David; Chu, Eric - 2013
The impacts of climate change are expected to create numerous challenges for cities. This report synthesizes key points raised in a series of discussions among “adaptation leaders” from fourteen cities around the world. Critical issues for urban adaptation that emerged from the discussions...
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Urban Climate Adaptation and Leadership: From Conceptual Understanding to Practical Action
Carmin, JoAnn; Dodman, David; Chu, Eric - Public Governance and Territorial Development … - 2013
The impacts of climate change are expected to create numerous challenges for cities. This report synthesizes key points raised in a series of discussions among “adaptation leaders” from fourteen cities around the world. Critical issues for urban adaptation that emerged from the discussions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277063
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Trade, Technology, and the Environment: Why Have Poor Countries Regulated Sooner?
Lovely, Mary; Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Countries who adopted regulation of coal-fired power plants after 1980 generally did so at a much lower level of per-capita income than did early adopters -- poor countries regulated sooner. This phenomenon suggests that pioneering adopters of environmental regulation provide an advantage to...
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Environmental performance, innovation and spillovers. Evidence from a regional NAMEA
Costantini, Valeria; Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna - In: Ecological Economics 89 (2013) C, pp. 101-114
The achievement of positive Environmental Performance (EP) at national level could strongly depend on differences in regional features, namely productive specialization, regulation stringency and innovation capabilities of both public institutions and the private business sector. We present...
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