In Thailand climate change has been integrated into the formulation of several national plans and policies. Even though Thailand is not obligated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it voluntarily takes numerous actions to mitigate emissions. Both the public and private sector have been actively...

The rationale of voluntary corporate initiatives is often explained with anticipation of future regulation. We test this hypothesis for the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and the Climate Leaders (CL), two popular voluntary US environmental programs to curb carbon emission that were operating...

This paper discusses the interplay between the choice of the discount rate, greenhouse gas mitigation and endogenous technological change. Neglecting the issue of uncertainty it is shown that the green golden rule stock of atmospheric carbon is uniquely determined, but is not affected by...

Mitigation and adaptation are the most important strategies in combating global climate change. It is expected that in a post Kyoto world industrialized countries have to engage in greenhouse gas abatement, and to support developing countries in adapting to climate change. Within the framework...

In den Jahren 2006 und 2007 ist die Gesamtfahrleistung der in Deutschland zugelassenen Kraftfahrzeuge im Zuge der konjunkturellen Entwicklung insbesondere bei Nutzfahrzeugen leicht gestiegen. Trotz steigender Kraftstoffpreise bewegt sich die Fahrleistung nach wie vor knapp unterhalb von 700...

Trotz der hohen Kraftstoffpreise und des wirtschaftlichen Absturzes im letzten Quartal ist 2008 die Gesamtfahrleistung der in Deutschland zugelassenen Kraftfahrzeuge nur leicht gefallen. Während die Fahrleistung im Güterverkehr noch leicht gestiegen ist, gingen bei den Personenkraftwagen 2008...

The transport of road goods across the Alps constitutes a problem both for European transportation and for the Alpine environment. Austria and Switzerland have made a number of attempts to decelerate the growth in lorry transit volume and shift transport onto the rail modes. After ten years,...

The purpose of the study is to model scenarios of technological innovations in the global passenger vehicle fleet, i.e., improvements in the energy economy of average regional vehicle fleets and blending of alternative fuels. This is to quantify the potential CO2 emission reductions that may...

This paper studies the voluntary provision of public goods that is partially driven by a desire to offset for individual polluting activities. We first extend existing theory and show that offsets allow a reduction in effective environmental pollution levels while not necessarily extending the...