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Quantifying Sustainability: A New Approach and World Ranking
Carraro, Carlo; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
evolution of all indicators over time throughout the world, and (ii) the aggregation methodology to reconcile them in one … current sustainability at world level differs from what the traditional measure of well-being, the GDP, depicts, highlighting … the trade-offs among different components of sustainability. Moreover, in the next decade a slight decrease in world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603772
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The European Emission Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies: Credible Targets for Incredible Results?
Borghesi, Simone - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828388
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A Good Opening: The Key to Make the Most of Unilateral Climate Action
Bosetti, Valentina; Cian, Enrica De - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
In this paper we argue that when a subgroup of countries cooperate on emission reduction, the optimal response of non-signatory countries reflects the interaction between three potentially opposing factors, the incentive to free-ride on the benefits of cooperation, the incentive to expand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421230
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How to Measure Carbon Equity: Carbon Gini Index Based on Historical Cumulative Emission Per Capita
Fei, Teng; Jiankun, He; Xunzhang, Pan - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
with the biggest gap between rich and poor in the world. The carbon equity should be an urgency and priority in the climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002681
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International Environmental Agreements in the Presence of Adaptation
Marrouch, Walid; Chaudhuri, Amrita Ray - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
We show that adaptive measures undertaken by countries in the face of climate change, apart from directly reducing the damage caused by climate change, may also indirectly mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the stable size of international agreements on emission reductions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002688
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Energy and Climate Change in China
Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
The paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China, presenting historical data and scenarios generated using the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH. A Business-as-Usual scenario is compared with four scenarios in which Greenhouse Gases emissions are taxed, at different levels. Key...
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Environmental Security and its Implications for China’s Foreign Relations
Mochizuki, Junko; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
China’s emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002690
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A Tale of Two Countries: Emissions Scenarios for China and India
Massetti, Emanuele - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in international negotiations to control global warming. We base our conclusions on historical data and on scenarios until 2050. The Business-as-Usual scenario (BaU) is compared to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002699
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Optimal Climate Policy for a Pessimistic Social Planner
Valentini, Edilio; Vitale, Paolo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
In this paper we characterize the preferences of a pessimistic social planner concerned with the potential costs of extreme, low-probability climate events. This pessimistic attitude is represented by a recursive optimization criterion à la Hansen and Sargent (1995) that introduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757695
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Energy from Waste: Generation Potential and Mitigation Opportunity
Bosello, Francesco; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
levels proposed by the European Community; the rest of the world is represented by 21 geo-political countries/regions. It is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010770385