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Individual Adaptation to Climate Change : The Role of Information and Perceived Risk
Osberghaus, Daniel - 2010
Given that many of the predicted effects of climate change are considered imminent and unavoidable, the need to mainstream adaptation as a viable coping measure among private households is becoming a topic of increasing importance. However, little research to date has assessed the factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138305
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Total Costs and Budgetary Effects of Adaptation to Climate Change : An Assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139867
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Capped Steam Ahead - A Case Study Among Ship Operators on a Maritime ETS
Koesler, Simon - 2012
discussing different approaches to reduce maritime CO2 emissions, in particular market-based mechanisms. In this paper, we assess …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103826
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Elasticity of Substitution between Clean and Dirty Energy Inputs - A Macroeconomic Perspective
Papageorgiou, Chris - 2013
Recently Acemolgu, Aghion, Bursztyn and Hemous (AER 2012) formulated a model in which a high macroeconomic elasticity of substitution between clean and dirty production represents a crucial condition for green growth. Until now it has never been systematically estimated. Using a novel panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073462
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Strategic Delegation and International Permit Markets : Why Linking May Fail
Habla, Wolfgang - 2017
We analyse a principal-agent relationship in the context of international climate policy. Principals in two countries first decide whether to merge domestic emission permit markets to an international market, then delegate the domestic permit supply to an agent. We find that principals select...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952128
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Do Voluntary Environmental Programs Reduce Emissions? EMAS in the German Manufacturing Sector
Kube, Roland - 2019
Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature's conclusion on the effectiveness of suchprograms is ambiguous, and for the European region there is a lack of evidence based on a large control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892457
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Pricing Carbon in a Multi-Sector Economy With Social Discounting
Kalsbach, Oliver; Rausch, Sebastian - 2021
Economists tend to view a uniform emissions price as the most cost-effective approach to reducing greenhouse gas … emissions. This paper offers a different view, focusing on economies where society values the well-being of future generations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216384
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Climate Finance and Emission Reductions : What Do the Last Twenty Years Tell Us?
Gavard, Claire; Schoch, Niklas - 2021
impact of mitigation and adaptation finance on national emissions of recipient countries. We test the derived hypothesis … using carbon emissions data of non-OECD countries in the last 20 years. We find that public adaptation and mitigation … finance tend to increase emissions. Private mitigation finance seems to reduce them only after five years following the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240244
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The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change - The Case of Germany
Dannenberg, Astrid; Mennel, Tim; Osberghaus, Daniel; … - 2018
Adaptation to climate change is becoming increasingly important in the political and scientific debate. The reason for this is that climate change impacts are visible already today and will intensify in the next decades. Furthermore, the prospects for an effective international agreement on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202087
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Auctioning of CO2 Emission Allowances in Phase 3 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Löschel, Andreas; Sturm, Bodo; Benz, Eva - 2014
auctioning as basic principle for allocation for the upcoming third trading phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme that runs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213068