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Confronting the energy crisis: Changing behaviours to reduce energy consumption
OECD - 2023
The current energy crisis calls for energy saving measures to accompany long-term technical and structural solutions. However, a range of barriers makes it hard for consumers to change their energy consumption. Changing behaviour is the result not only of responses to prices but also of...
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Energy Efficiency Indicators : Essentials for Policy Making
2014
Energy efficiency is widely recognised as the most cost-effective and readily available means to address numerous energy-related issues, including energy security, the social and economic impacts of high energy prices, and concerns about climate change. At the same time, energy efficiency...
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Effective carbon prices
2013
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Effective Carbon Prices
2013
Economic textbooks predict that taxes and emission trading systems are the cheapest way for societies to reduce emissions of CO2. This book shows that this is also the case in the real world. It estimates the costs to society of reducing CO2 emissions in 15 countries using a broad range of...
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Coal in the Energy Supply of India
2002
Indian coal reserves are the third largest in the world, after the United States and China. India is the third largest … coal producer in the world and the eighth largest importer. With annual production of 310 million tonnes and imports of … almost 25 million tonnes, coal provides one-third of energy supply in India. The Indian government forecasts huge increases …
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Cities, Towns and Renewable Energy : Yes In My Front Yard
2009
Local governments have the power to influence the energy choices of their citizens. Many cities and towns have already encouraged energy efficiency measures. Even so, as demand for energy services continues to grow, the energy infrastructure that every city and town depends on will need to be...
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Saving Oil in a Hurry
2005
This book provides a new, quantitative assessment of the potential oil savings and costs of rapid oil demand restraint measures for transport. Some measures may make sense under any circumstances; others are primarily useful in emergency situations. All can be implemented on short notice – if...
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Oil Crises and Climate Challenges: 30 Years of Energy Use in IEA Countries
2004
This publication examines how energy efficiency and other factors such as economic structure, income, lifestyle, prices, and fuel mix have shaped developments of energy use and CO2 emissions in IEA countries since the IEA was founded 30 years ago. The study presents some challenging findings,...
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Tracking Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions
2007
Tracking Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions responds to a G8 request. This major new analysis shows how industrial energy efficiency has improved dramatically over the last 25 years. Yet important opportunities for additional gains remain, which is evident when the efficiencies of...
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Energy R & D : problems and perspectives
1975
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