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Faktencheck Agrarpolitik: Beitrag der EU-Agrarreform zur Bewirtschaftung organischer Böden im Einklang mit Natur- und Klimaschutz - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
Röder, Norbert; Osterburg, Bernhard; Liebersbach, Horst; … - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2014
Die vorliegende Studie baut auf den im Dezember 2013 veröffentlichen Basisrechtsakten zur künftigen Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) der EU auf und nimmt die möglichen Auswirkungen dieses Politikpaketes auf den Moorschutz in den Blick. Einführend werden dazu die Ziele des Natur- und...
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany
Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...
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Kurz zum Klima: REDD+ – Schlägt der Klimaschutz Wurzeln?
Lippelt, Jana - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 04, pp. 50-54
Die Abholzung der weltweiten Wälder ist nach der Verbrennung fossiler Brennstoffe die zweitgrößte anthropogene CO2-Quelle. Maßnahmen der UN, die unter dem Namen »REDD« zusammengefasst werden, sollen der Abholzung entgegenwirken. Der Beitrag beschreibt die Funktionsweise von REDD und gibt...
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Climate risks and carbon prices: Revising the social cost of carbon
Ackerman, Frank; Stanton, Elizabeth A. - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012), pp. 1-25
The social cost of carbon - or marginal damage caused by an additional ton of carbon dioxide emissions - has been estimated by a U.S. government working group at $21/tCO2 in 2010. That calculation, however, omits many of the biggest risks associated with climate change, and downplays the impact...
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Climate risks and carbon prices: Revising the social cost of carbon
Ackerman, Frank; Stanton, Elizabeth A. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
The social cost of carbon - or marginal damage caused by an additional ton of carbon dioxide emissions - has been estimated by a U.S. government working group at $21 in 2010. That calculation, however, omits many of the biggest risks associated with climate change, and downplays the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323174
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Does the social Cost of Carbon Matter?: An Assessment of U.S. Policy
Hahn, Robert w.; Ritz, Robert A. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2013
we evaluate a recent u.s. initiative to include the social cost of carbon (sCc) in regulatory decisions. To our knowledge, this paper provides the first systematic test of the extent to which applying the SCC has affected national policy. we examine all economically significant federal...
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Estimating the economic benefits of a Wetland restoration program in New Zealand: A contingent valuation approach
Ndebele, Tom; Forgie, Vicky; Vu, Huong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Decades of failure to evaluate the ecosystem services provided by Pekapeka Swamp in New Zealand led to decisions that allowed prolonged degradation of the swamp, resulting in the loss of potential economic value. In 1998 a long term management plan was adopted to restore and preserve the swamp...
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Auswertung von Daten des Integrierten Verwaltungs- und Kontrollsystems zur Abschätzung der EU-Agrarreform auf Umwelt und Landschaft: Bericht für das F+E-Vorhaben 'Naturschutzfachli...
Osterburg, Bernhard; Nitsch, Heike; Laggner, Birgit; … - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2009
- Effizienzsteigerung durch Nutzung bestehender Datenbestände', das durch das Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) mit Mitteln des … Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit gefördert wurde. Ziel dieses Projektes war die Untersuchung … (Bundesamt für Naturschutz) with funds of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The …
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The costs and benefits of intensive forest management
Brännlund, Runar; Carlén, Ola; Lundgren, Tommy; … - CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics - 2011
This paper presents an approach for studying the socio-economic benefits and costs (CBA) of the introduction of intensified management measures in forestry. Besides from valuation of changes in timber production, assessments of different types of externalities are included in them assessment....
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Who's Going Green and Why? Trends and Determinants of Green Investment
Eyraud, Luc; Zhang, Changchang; Wane, Abdoul Aziz; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset...
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