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Zusammenfassung Mobilität und Tourismus hängen zusammen; insofern werden auch die Treibhausgas-Emissionen im Tourismus maßgeblich vom Verkehr verursacht, wobei das Ausmaß der Treibhausgas-Emissionen vom gewählten Verkehrsmittel bei der Anreise abhängt. Für die Anreise der...
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Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions trading practice in China and discusses … what it might reveal about the suitability of using emissions trading to achieve carbon reductions in China. Design … into question proposals to introduce emissions trading in China. Limitations would seem to be the semi‐free market, the …
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Abstract Emissions trading has been established as an important instrument of pollution control in many world regions. However concerns have been raised whether or not emission-trading schemes may distort competition either on the permit market itself or on related output markets. In this paper...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the validity of the cost of carry model by examining the time series properties of the deviation between future and spot prices in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) over the time period 2005-2012. The paper utilizes a...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the impact of internal and external environmental management (EM) on performance to verify the emission trading (ET) mechanism ' s effectiveness. It aims to investigate whether EM that is carried out by ET firms has a higher influence on...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine whether greenhouse gas (GHG) tradeable instruments will be classified as financial products within the scope of the World Trade Organization (WTO) law and to explore the implications of this finding. Design/methodology/approach – This...
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This study develops the economic rationale for the inclusion of new environmental financial assets, tradable pollution rights, in a well‐diversified portfolio. These new assets are generated and their valuation determined in the market‐incentive environmental regulatory approach called...
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Purpose This research informs the intersection of climate and heritage policy development by examining the history of US energy policy as it relates to historic buildings, emerging policy tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the implications of a changing legislative landscape on...
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of environmental performance on the environmental disclosure level. Design/methodology/approach Carbon disclosure leadership index score is considered as a proxy of carbon disclosure level, while greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a...
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Purpose – Improving energy efficiency of buildings and appliances has been shown to be the most cost‐effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of this research is to identify householders' lifestyle choices within homes that impact on energy use and their motivation to...
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