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Governments worldwide have agreed that international climate policy should aim to limit the increase of global mean temperature to less than 2°C with respect to pre-industrial levels. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the emission reductions and related energy system changes in various...
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In this paper we analyze the relative importance and mutual behavior of two competing base-load electricity generation options that each are capable of contributing significantly to the abatement of global CO2 emissions: nuclear energy and coal-based power production complemented with CO2...
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Carbon pricing policies worldwide are increasingly coupled with direct or indirect subsidies where emissions pricing revenues are rebated to the regulated entities. This paper analyzes the incentives created by two novel forms of rebating that reward additional emission intensity reductions: one...
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Climate change ranks high on the policy agenda of the European Union (EU) which considers itself as a leading force in … the battle against anthropogenic climate change. The EU is committed to the objective of limiting the rise in global … climate system. This article provides a critical appraisal of two decades of EU climate policy. Based on the global nature of …
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