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Making the Best of New Energy Resources in the United States
Sutherland, Douglas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Since around 2007, the country has been enjoying an “energy renaissance” thanks to its abundant stocks of shale oil and gas. The resurgence in oil and gas production is beginning to create discernible economic impacts and has changed the landscape for natural gas prices in the United States,...
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Greening Growth in Luxembourg
Brandt, Nicola - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
With strong economic growth overall and an increasingly important role as a regional economic centre, Luxembourg is experiencing mounting environmental pressures. This is mainly a result of a growing population and a rapid increase in transport, which is dominated by the car, as the number of...
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Climate Change Policies in Poland: Minimising Abatement Costs
Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Poland is on track to meet its international greenhouse-gas emissions commitments. However, it will need to cut emissions significantly in the future, if the European Commission’s proposal on the Low Carbon Roadmap is adopted. Policies should ensure that the country’s substantial reduction...
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Green Growth and Climate Change Policies in New Zealand
Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
New Zealand, as a resource-based economy anxious to protect and promote its clean-and-green image, appropriately sees green growth as a natural direction for future development. The country’s environment is of high quality, and depletion of its abundant natural resources is for the most part...
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Greener Growth in the Belgian Federation
Koźluk, Tomasz - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
The degradation of the environment due to climate change and pollution can harm living standards and damage growth prospects. In Belgium, one of the most densely populated OECD countries, pressure on the environment is particularly strong, and is reinforced by the high energy intensity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321199
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Addressing Challenges in the Energy Sector in Israel
Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Offshore natural-gas discoveries have released Israel from complete reliance on imported primary fuels and are allowing for a cleaner energy mix. Furthermore, additional production will soon come on stream, and there is a reasonable chance of new commercially viable gas finds, and possibly of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386333
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France's Environmental Policies: Internalising Global and Local Externalities
Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
The authorities have a very ambitious environmental-policy agenda, aimed chiefly at cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but also at dealing with local air and water pollution, waste management and the conservation of biodiversity. The laws that followed the Grenelle de l?environnement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003059
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The Effectiveness of Education and Health Spending among Brazilian Municipalities
Mello, Luiz de; Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes. We deal with the multi … of education outcomes, but this is not the case for health, and that spending on non-education programmes are also at … health care services, at least for selected segments of the conditional distribution of social outcomes. Finally, there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078943
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Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Policies: Literature Review and New Results
Bollen, Johannes; Guay, Bruno; Jamet, Stéphanie; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
There are local air pollution benefits from pursuing greenhouse gases emissions mitigation policies, which lower the net costs of emission reductions and thereby may strengthen the incentives to participate in a global climate change mitigation agreement. The main purpose of this paper is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046248
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Austria's Well-being Goes Beyond GDP
Röhn, Oliver; Gönenç, Rauf; Beer, Christian; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
lower labour market attachments. Outcomes in education and health care are subject to inequalities. Family services are …
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