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Energy and Environmental Issues and Policy in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2013
China’s rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international perspective, is not meant to continue on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328706
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The voracity effect and climate change: The impact of clean technologies
Benchekroun, Hassan; Chaudhuri, Amrita Ray - 2011
We show that a technological breakthrough that reduces CO2 emissions per output can exacerbate the climate change problem: countries may respond by raising their emissions resulting in an increase of the stock of pollution that may reduce welfare. Using parameter values based on empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279422
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Advances and Slowdowns in Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Development
D’Aprile, Aurora - 2016
removals by sinks” in the second half of this century. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, after having been hailed as … potential benefits, CCS development and deployment proceeded at a far slower rate than what was expected and are struggling to … explores the main progress and deadlocks in CCS’s difficult path. …
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Carbon Leakage Revisited: Unilateral Climate Policy with Directed Technical Change
Di Maria, Corrado; van der Werf, Edwin - 2006
A common critique to the Kyoto Protocol is that the reduction in emissions of CO2 by countries who comply with it will be (partly) offset by the increase in emissions on the part of other countries (carbon leakage). This paper analyzes the effect of technical change on carbon leakage in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312660
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Uncertain R&D, Backstop Technology and GHGs Stabilization
Bosetti, Valentina; Tavoni, Massimo - 2007
This paper analyses optimal investments in innovation when dealing with a stringent climate target and with the uncertain effectiveness of R&D. The innovation needed to achieve the deep cut in emissions is modelled by a backstop carbon-free technology whose cost depends on R&D investments. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312294
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The Clean Energy R&D Strategy for 2°C
Marangoni, Giacomo; Tavoni, Massimo - 2013
This paper uses an integrated assessment model to quantify the climate R&D investment strategy for a variety of scenarios fully consistent with 2°C. We estimate the total climate R&D investment needs in approximately 1 USD Trillion cumulatively in the period 2010-2030, and 1.6 USD Trillions in...
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Land competitiveness and leakage concerns and border carbon adjustments
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294262
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Understanding the Consumption Behaviors on Electric Vehicles in China - A Stated Preference Analysis
Wu, Libo; Li, Changhe; Qian, Haoqi; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2013
This paper examines how the different characteristics of both electric vehicles themselves and the consumers would influence the consumption behavior on electric vehicles. Data collection is based on the questionnaire design using the orthogonal experimental method and large-scale stated...
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What Factors Affect the Competiveness of Power Generation Sector in China? An Analysis Based on Game Cross-efficiency
Xie, Bai-Chen; Gao, Jie; Zhang, Shuang; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2017
China’s unbundling reform in 2002 aimed to introduce competitiveness into the power industry, especially the generation sector, to improve its operational efficiency. Meanwhile, great concern about a range of environmental problems and global climate change increasingly calls for saving energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662422
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Levelling the Playing Field: On the Missing Role of Network Externality in Designing Renewable Energy Technology Deployment Policies
Jin, Wei; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
In creating a level playing field that facilitates the deployment of renewable energy technology (RET), the traditional energy policy regime based on eliminating RET’s cost gaps versus fossil energy technology (FET) may be not sufficient. Building on an economic model of energy technology...
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