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consumption in Colombia, using electricity billing and weather data from 2010 to 2019. I find that higher temperatures (or higher … values of the heat index) increase electricity consumption, with the largest effects observed for high-income households in …, with the effect of temperature on electricity consumption in lower-income neighborhoods more than doubling between 2011 and …
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droughts and high temperatures. We investigate increases in the wholesale electricity price and price volatility and develop a …
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component of GHG emissions, and it neglects the dimensions of responsibility that are not related to consumption choices. We …
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The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP), an initiative of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), aims to demonstrate how countries can transform their energy systems by 2050 in order to...
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This paper examines how changes in an international climate regime would affect the European decarbonization strategy and costs through the mechanisms of trade, technology, and innovation. We present the results from the Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) model comparison study on European climate...
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After twenty years of global negotiations, the world is still far from a comprehensive climate agreement. The "top …
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The Energy Modeling Forum 28 (EMF28) study systematically explores the energy system transition required to meet the European goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050. The 80% scenario is compared to a reference case that aims to achieve a 40% GHG reduction target. The...
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This paper presents a novel way to disentangle inequality aversion over time from inequality aversion between regions in the computation of the Social Cost of Carbon. Our approach nests a standard efficiency based Social Cost of Carbon estimate and an equity weighted Social Cost of Carbon...
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With the long term goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C and "to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C", the Paris Agreement puts renewed attention on the portfolio of technologies needed to achieve consistent emission reductions...
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