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Electricity Decentralization in the European Union: Towards Zero Carbon and Energy Transition, Second Edition, examines … specific country. Sections provide an overview of the current role and state of smart grids, the conceptualization of energy … the EU are considered as a vital step towards decentralization in order to boost energy security and energy efficiency …
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regressions, controlling for macroeconomic factors such as economic development, GDP growth, urbanisation, as well as the energy …
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impacts, with a detailed roadmap for substantial reform of our environmental processes for reviewing proposed renewable energy … the existing regulatory process should be quickly reformed so that offshore wind and other clean renewable energy sources …
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This article addresses the question of how Brazil, Costa Rica, and Colombia came to decide on their climate change … renewable energy, and Colombia’s clean development mechanism. Using the “chicken game,” the best response is to “disable the …
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Instruments chosen to pursue climate related targets are not always efficient. In this paper we consider an economy with three climate related targets for its electricity generation: a given share of "green" electricity, a given expansion of "green" electricity, and a given reduction of "black"...
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taxes, emissions trading systems, and excise taxes on energy use. It notes that constraints – which can take the form of …
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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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In 2009, the promise of a comprehensive federal cap and trade bill to address climate change fell apart. At least in part, this was due to the fears that exotic 'carbon' financial instruments might cause more financial crises. As California launches it economy wide carbon trading system, and...
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As reporting GHG emissions becomes mandatory in the financial sector, the methods by which emissions are calculated will grow in importance for their impact on the resulting metric. Progress is underway in both the public and private financial sectors to embed emissions accounting standards, but...
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: carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, emission reduction credits, clean energy standards, and fossil fuel subsidy reductions … ; Energy Subsidies ; Clean Energy Standards …
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