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China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations … paper provides some reflections on China's stance and reactions at Copenhagen. While China's reactions are generally well … rooted because of realities at home, some reactions could have been handled more effectively for a better image of China. The …
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findings, we recommend that China should support the expansion of high-speed rail in order to reduce carbon emissions in a …
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This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries. In this study we treat …. We contribute to the existing literature by examining the effect of urbanization, taking into account the presence of …, middle, and low-income countries, additional demographic variables, namely, urbanization, demonstrate a very different impact …
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This article provides a panorama of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inequalities between French households. It presents in a detailed and critical manner the methodological conventions that are used to compute "household emissions", including the related assumptions. The most common responsibility...
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of energy efficiency in fossil fuel electricity generation across 28 OECD countries over the period 1981-2006, with particular attention to the role played by technological development and the availability of energy efficient...
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Today Africa is a small emitter, but it has a large and faster-than-average growing population and per capita income that could drive future energy demand and, if unconstrained, emissions. This paper uses a multi-model comparison to characterize the potential future energy development for...
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We analyse variations of carbon emissions in the European cement industry from 1990 to 2011, at the European level (EU 27), and at the national level for six major producers (Germany, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy and Poland). We apply a Log-Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) method, crossing data...
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We evaluate incentives for residential energy upgrades in Italy using data from an original survey of Italian homeowners. In this paper, attention is restricted to heating system replacements, and to the effect of monetary and non-monetary incentives on the propensity to replace the heating...
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