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Modeling linkages between climate policy and land use: an overview

van der Werf, Edwin; Peterson, Sonja - 2007

Agriculture and forestry play an important role in emitting and storing greenhouse gases. For an efficient and cost-effective climate policy it is therefore important to explicitly include land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) in economyclimate models. This paper gives an overview and...

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Quantifying sustainability: A new approach and world ranking

Carraro, Carlo; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2012

This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability indicators belonging to economic, social and...

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Efficiency improving fossil fuel technologies for electricity generation: Data selection and trends

Lanzi, Elisa; Verdolini, Elena; Haéscic, Ivan - 2011

This paper studies innovation dynamics in efficiency improving electricity generation technologies as an important means of mitigating climate change impacts. Relevant patents are identified and used as an indicator of innovation. We find that patenting in efficiency improving technologies has...

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The Kyoto Protocol and the Effect of Existing and Planned Measures in the Agricultural and Forestry Sector in the EU25

Giupponi, Carlo; Bosello, Francesco; Buchner, Barbara; … - 2007

Agricultural and forestry activities cover the majority of the EU territory: in particular agriculture is the main lad … use type, accounting for more than 41% of the land use in the EU15, while in the new Member States this share ranges …

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Over-Allocation or Abatement? A Preliminary Analysis of the Eu Ets Based on the 2005 Emissions Data

Buchner, Barbara; Ellerman, Denny - 2006

This paper provides an initial analysis of the EU ETS based on the installation-level data for verified emissions and …

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Governance and Environmental Policy Integration in Europe: What Can We learn from the EU Emission Trading Scheme?

Catenacci, Michela; Buchner, Barbara; Sgobbi, Alessandra - 2007

The European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) is a landmark environmental policy, representing the world's first … participation and flexible abatement strategies make the EU ETS a powerful instrument of cross sectoral integration of environmental … governance. The EU ETS shows characteristics of the decision making processes and institutions engaged, the tools and instruments …

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