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Future harm and current obligations: the case of global warming

Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993

There is a time during which aggregate benefits from greenhouse gas emissions dominate costs, but less comfort should be drawn from this situation than current emphasis on double CO2 scenarios suggests. The intertemporal asymmetry of impacts means initial benefits to most regions, from slight...

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Greenhouse gas emissions increase global warming

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper discusses the greenhouse gas emissions which cause the global warming in the atmosphere. In the 20th century global climate change becomes more sever which is due to greenhouse gas emissions. According to International Energy Agency data, the USA and China are approximately tied and...

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions of China

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

contributing to the global warming. This paper emphasizes on the environment pollution and climate change and recommended to reduce …

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The Taxation of Motor Fuel: International Comparison

Eduardo, Ley; Jessica, Boccardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We apply the Parry-Small (2005) framework to asses whether the level taxation of motor fuel is broadly appropriate in a group of countries (OECD, BRICs and South Africa) accounting for more than 80 percent of world greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper deals with emissions from oil...

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Collinsville solar thermal project: Energy economics and dispatch forecasting - Final report

Bell, William Paul; Wild, Phillip; Foster, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

-solar thermal plant at Collinsville, Queensland, Australia for its lifetime 2017-47. These forecasts are to facilitate Power …

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Collinsville solar thermal project: Yield forecasting – Final report

Bell, William Paul; Wild, Phillip; Foster, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

at Collinsville, Queensland, Australia based on the environmental condition between 2007 and 2013. However, the …

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What time to adapt? The role of discretionary time in sustaining the climate change value-action gap

Chai, Andreas; Bradley, Graham; Lo, Alex Y.; Reser, Joseph - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We investigate the role discretionary (non-working) time plays in sustaining the gap between individuals’ concern about climate change and their propensity to act on this concern by adopting sustainable consumption practices. Using recent Australian survey data on climate change adaptation, we...

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Australia's Carbon Tax: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing?

Spash, Clive L.; Lo, Alex Y. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

. That cost extends to allowing major emitters to make guaranteed windfall profits from pollution permits. The emission … Australia. …

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Determining optimal air quality standards: Quantities or prices?

Halkos, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

In this study, a basic comparison between the Pigouvian and the Coasean approaches is carried out in order to discuss …

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Income Heterogeneity and Environmental Kuznets Curve in Africa

Ogundipe, Adeyemi; Alege, Philip; Ogundipe, Oluwatomisin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis asserts that pollution levels rises as a country develops, but reaches … a certain threshold where pollution begins to fall with increasing income. In EKC analysis, the relationship between … pollution level. The study seeks to examine the pattern and nature of EKC in Africa and major income groups according to World …

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