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finance (transitioning from fossil to non-fossil energy use at scale), and transformational policy-based mitigation finance … support (implementing comprehensive carbon taxation). These modalities are compared with conventional finance for which donors … finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse …
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The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships … state-of-the-art research on the economic impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation measures on states, using model … practices for selecting and applying these approaches in impact assessments. The paper concludes that introducing greenhouse gas …
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This paper considers the impacts of "finance blending" whereby climate finance is added to international carbon markets … for offset trading. The paper first discusses climate finance and the carbon market as free-standing finance solutions by … all participating countries face a similar and robust carbon price. With finance blending and "all attribution to the …
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This paper discusses the scope for market mechanisms, already established for greenhouse gas mitigation in Annex 1 … extending greenhouse gas mitigation targets also under the Paris Agreement from December 2015. Net mitigation is considered in …
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previous literature, but is still large enough for the cost of adopting biogas to be significantly reduced via carbon offsets … at a modest carbon price of $10 per ton of CO2e when using central estimates of emission factors and global warming …
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This paper covers three policy-relevant aspects of the carbon content of electricity that are well established among … requires electricity to be almost carbon-free by the end of the century. As such, the question for policy makers is not whether … some of the key zero-carbon technologies -- such as nuclear power or carbon capture and storage -- turn out to be …
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Transaction costs are major challenge to moving forward toward low-carbon economic growth, as new technologies or …, the methodology for quantifying these costs, the type and size of low-carbon technologies, and complexities involved in … information, in developing regulatory and institutional capacity to enhance private sector confidence in energy efficiency …
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growth. The improvement of energy efficiency is one of the key elements of the low-carbon development strategies. This study … saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector. Most energy efficiency improvement options … climate change through various ways, including preparation of low-carbon development strategies for their future economic …
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. Meeting short-term targets with marginal energy-efficiency improvements would lead to carbon-intensive lock-ins that make … developed by the World Bank on Brazil. Misinterpreting MAC curves and focusing on short-term targets (e.g., for 2020) would lead … infrastructure and zero-carbon technologies …
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This paper studies the role of cooperation and reciprocity on the structure of self-enforcing carbon sequestration … selfish parties. These results imply that agencies or organizations that are not only concerned about carbon sequestration but …
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