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Cities and green growth : the case of the Chicago Tri-State metropolitan area

2013

This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It first examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and identifies emerging regional specialisations...

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A fight on two fronts : Adapting to climate change and reducing GHG emissions in New Zealand

Haugh, David - 2024

New Zealand, like other countries, needs to address climate change on two fronts simultaneously. Adapting to a hotter world while meeting its emissions reduction targets. New Zealand will need to become better prepared for more extreme weather that climate change will bring about. Councils will...

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Towards green growth in Denmark : improving energy and climate change policies

Jamet, Stéphanie - 2012

Denmark’s green growth strategy focuses on moving the energy system away from fossil fuels and investing in green technologies, while limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the whole, current policies should allow Denmark to reach near-term climate change targets, but may not be...

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Environmental challenges and sustainable economic development in the People's Republic of China : the role of renewable energy across provinces

Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy; Shi, Yukun; Zhao, Yang - 2019

In recent times, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has faced significant challenges in terms of managing its …

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Making China the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy : Key Challenges and Responses

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2016

China has realized that for its own sake and from the international community's perspective, it cannot afford to … development. Specifically, to meet the grand goal involves not only capping China's nationwide coal consumption to let it peak … arguing why China's anti-pollution outcomes this time might be different from the previous ones …

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State-owned enterprises and the low-carbon transition

Prag, Andrew; Röttgers, Dirk; Scherrer, Ivo - 2018

This paper explores the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the low-carbon transition in OECD and G20 countries. It tracks GHG emissions and energy investments by SOEs and analyses the impact of SOEs on investments in renewable electricity. A descriptive analysis of SOEs’ role in the...

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Making China the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy : Key Challenges and Responses

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2016

China has realized that for its own sake and from the international community’s perspective, it cannot afford to … development. Specifically, to meet the grand goal involves not only capping China’s nationwide coal consumption to let it peak … arguing why China’s anti-pollution outcomes this time might be different from the previous ones …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014129153

Climate Change Policy : Challenging the Activists

Robinson, Colin; Byatt, Ian; Henderson, David; Lewis, … - 2009

There is currently a consensus amongst the political establishment - and amongst the intellectual communities that feed into it - that detailed and wide-ranging government intervention is necessary to combat the effects of climate change. This monograph challenges that consensus. The authors...

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Adapting Energy and Environmental Policy for Climate Change

Flatt, Victor Byers - 2012

The United States has long suffered from a schizophrenia about energy policy. The importance of one of the factors in energy policy, the environment, has never been formally defined. Climate change adds another distinct layer to this complexity, as neither energy policies nor environmental...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098993

Does Global Climate Policy Promote Low-Carbon Cities? Lessons Learnt from the CDM

Sippel, Maike; Michaelowa, Axel - 2014

An increasing proportion of greenhouse gas emissions is produced in urban areas in industrializing and developing countries. Recent research shows that per capita emissions in cities like Bangkok, Cape Town or Shanghai have already reached the level of cities like London, New York or Toronto....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198028

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