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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...
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Studie schließt mit einem kurzen Ausblick auf die zukünftige Forschungsarbeit des vTI im Bereich Klimaschutz und …This study addresses the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from the German agri-food sector, and options for … GHG emissions are analysed by GHG sources, processes and food products, and in chapter 4 the state of knowledge of …
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CO2 emissions from international shipping, which are currently unregulated, are predicted to rise from 2.7% today to 18 … allocating CO2 emissions from international shipping to individual countries. We discuss economic and regulatory issues related … shipping emissions should be conducted on the basis of the operating company. …
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Understanding the relationship between international trade and CO2 emissions is crucial for designing appropriate … measures to address climate change. This article focuses on CO2 emissions as one of the trade flow determinants of the EU …2 emissions are rising. Furthermore, the growing similarity between the emissions of the EU and partner countries …
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context. Which impact does ecological uncertainty have on physical and R&D investments' decisions? How are pollution …" (specifically, the Emissions Trading) - in order to assess its impact on agents' behaviour in terms of domestic abatement …, consumption, physical and environmental investment, trading of emissions rights (quantity and price). The results show that …
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forced to reduce some fixed percentage of emissions at home? Can carbon sinks reduce costs? Will people adopt new energy …
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This paper concerns optimal emissions of greenhouse gases when catastrophic consequences are possible. A numerical …
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Drawing upon climate change damage functions previously proposed in the literature that we have calibrated to a common level of damages at 2.5 C, we examine the effect upon the social cost of carbon (SCC) of varying the specification of damages in a DICE-like integrated assessment model. In the...
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Drawing upon climate change damage specifications previously proposed in the literature that the authors have calibrated to a common level of damages at 2.5 C, the authors examine the effect upon the social cost of carbon (SCC) of varying damage specifications in a DICE-like integrated...
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This paper considers the problem of how a government, having decided to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, identifies the … policies to include employment and income distribution effects, reduced air pollution and the achievement of environmental and …
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