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Beyond 2020 : strategies and costs for transforming the European energy system

Knopf, Brigitte; Chen, Yen-heng Henry; De Cian, Enrica; … - 2014

The Energy Modeling Forum 28 (EMF28) study systematically explores the energy system transition required to meet the European goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050. The 80% scenario is compared to a reference case that aims to achieve a 40% GHG reduction target. The...

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Adaptation Measures in the EU : Policies, Costs, and Economic Assessment ('Climate Proofing' of Key EU Policies)

Altvater, Susanne - 2014

The aim of this report is to ascertain priority concerns for further climate proofing action through opposing current EU efforts to different threats, and suggest complementary options (cf. chapter 3) for the following four sectors: (1) Energy, (2) Transport infrastructure, (3) Urban areas, and...

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A Global Migration Framework Under Water : How Can the International Community Protect Climate Refugees?

Sussman, Caitlan M. - 2023

Climate disaster events are expected to displace at least 1.2 billion people by 2050. However, “climate refugees,” or individuals displaced in the context of disasters and climate change, lack international legal recognition and protection. In 2020, an international tribunal acknowledged in...

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The Cancún Climate Conference

Burleson, Elizabeth; Romano, Cesare P.R - 2011

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Free Lunch or Cheap Fix? : The Emissions Trading Idea and the Climate Change Convention

Driesen, David M. - 2014

Emissions trading has become a key component of U.S. environmental legal regimes. The U.S. has successfully lobbied to make international environmental benefit trading, an expanded form of emissions trading, a part of international efforts to address the threat of global climate change through...

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European Environment Policy for the Circular Economy : Implications for Business and Industry Stakeholders

Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2020

European Union (EU) institutions and agencies are increasingly raising awareness on the circular economy agenda. They are encouraging marketplace stakeholders to engage in sustainable production and consumption behaviors by reducing, reusing, restoring, refurbishing and recycling resources in...

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Transforming the European energy system : member states’ prospects within the EU framework

Knopf, Brigitte; Bakken, Bjørn; Carrara, Samuel; … - 2014

The Energy Modeling Forum 28 (EMF28) performed a large-scale model comparison exercise to illustrate different technology pathways for cutting European greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. Focusing on selected countries (France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and UK), this paper first analyses...

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Pass-through of CO2 emission costs to hourly electricity prices in Germany

Hintermann, Beat - 2014

I estimate the level of emissions cost pass-through to hourly wholesale electricity prices in Germany, based on spot … generation, and intersecting it with residual demand for fossil-based electricity for every hour. Determining the marginal … electricity prices by at least 84 %, with a central range of 98 %-104 % for different load periods. My results suggest that there …

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The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol : The Challenges of Trying to Clean One's Own Nest

Merkouris, Panos - 2017

In the Tragedy of the Commons Hardin suggested that with respect to global commons we are trapped in a vicious circle where calculations of utility pushes us to keep polluting our own nest. This taken on a global scale has led to concerns about climate change and a realization that measures need...

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Energy transition and sustainable development at the level of the European Union

Vîrjan, Daniela; Popescu, Claudia Rodica; Pop, Iuliana; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 25 (2023) 63, pp. 429-446

The energy transition is a priority for the European Union, both in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing its dependence on imported fossil fuels. The European Union is at the forefront of the fight against climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. This article...

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