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Instrument choice and stranded assets in the transition to clean capital
Rozenberg, Julie; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2017 - This version: March 2017
To mitigate climate change, some governments opt for instruments focused on investment, like performance standards or feebates, instead of carbon prices. We compare these policies in a Ramsey model with clean and polluting capital, irreversible investment and a climate constraint. Alternative...
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Climate change adaptation strategies within the framework of the German "Energiewende" : is there a need for government interventions and legal obligations?
Groth, Markus; Cortekar, Jörg - 2014
changes. These changes are also of relevance for the energy sector in Germany. An energy sector that in the course of the … German "Energiewende", also has to deal with a fundamental shift in energy supply from fossil fuel to renewable energies in … German energy sector along its value-added chain, the paper points out, that the possible impacts of a changing climate …
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Unilateral climate policy, the Green Paradox, Coalition Size and Stability
Kollenbach, Gilbert - 2014
We incorporate three important aspects of current climate policy, unilateralism, demand side approach and a climate target, in a multi-country model with flow dependent fossil fuel extraction costs and a backstop. It turns out that the optimal climate coalition should encompass all countries...
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What we know and don't know about climate change, and implications for policy
Pindyck, Robert S. - 2020 - This draft: May 11, 2020
There is a lot we know about climate change, but there is also a lot we don't know. Even if we knew how much CO2 will be emitted over the coming decades, we wouldn't know how much temperatures will rise as a result. And even if we could predict the extent of warming that will occur, we can say...
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Three prongs for prudent climate policy
Aldy, Joseph E.; Zeckhauser, Richard - 2020 - April 3, 2020 draft
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Towards a comprehensive approach to climate policy, sustainable infrastructure, and finance
Bak, Céline; Bhattacharya, Amarendra; Edenhofer, Ottmar; … - 2017
The authors propose a policy package of low-carbon growth stimulation through a steep increase in sustainable infrastructure, mobilizing sustainable finance, and adoption of carbon pricing to simultaneously achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Climate change and natural disasters : transforming economies and policies for a sustainable future
Thomas, Vinod - 2017
The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters - the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by...
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Climate change and uneven development
Bretschger, Lucas; Valente, Simone - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 113 (2011) 4, pp. 825-845
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Climate Change Adaptation, Governance and New Issues of Value : Measuring the Impact of ESG Scores on CoE and Firm Performance
Bellavite Pellegrini, Carlo (ed.); Pellegrini, Laura (ed.);  … - 2022
Part I: Climate Change challenge, CSR, ESG issues: the state of the art -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapater 2: Self-consciousness and awareness as adaptation enablers -- Chapter 3: Climate change challenges and the policy makers initial response -- Chapter 4: SRI, ESG and Value of...
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Towards a comprehensive approach to climate policy, sustainable infrastructure, and finance
Bak, Céline; Bhattacharya, Amarendra; Edenhofer, Ottmar; … - 2017
The authors propose a policy package of low-carbon growth stimulation through a steep increase in sustainable infrastructure, mobilizing sustainable finance, and adoption of carbon pricing to simultaneously achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011673985