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International tourism, exchange rate, and renewable energy : do they boost or burden efforts towards a low carbon economy in selected African countries?

Adjei-Mantey, Kwame; Adusah-Poku, Frank; Kwakwa, Paul Adjei - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-19

Africa continues to suffer from the effects of climate change in many ways. Records show that the continent's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have seen tremendous upward adjustments over the past decades. While international tourism and renewable energy have been touted as sources of reducing CO2...

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Assessing China's energy conservation and carbon intensity : how will the future differ from the past?

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: May 24, 2010

As an important step towards building a "harmonious society" through "scientific development", China has incorporated … quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by about three quarters between 1980 and 2000, China has had limited … the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative its 2005 levels to …

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Assessing China's Energy Conservation and Carbon Intensity : How will the Future Differ from the Past?

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2013

As an important step towards building a “harmonious society” through “scientific development”, China has incorporated … quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by about three quarters between 1980 and 2000, China has had limited … the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative its 2005 levels to …

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Assessing China’s Energy Conservation and Carbon Intensity : How Will the Future Differ from the Past?

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2013

As an important step towards building a “harmonious society” through “scientific development,” China has incorporated … quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by about three quarters between 1980 and 2000, China has had limited … the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative its 2005 levels to …

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To build or not to build? : capital stocks and climate policy

Baldwin, Elizabeth; Cai, Yongyang; Kuralbaeva, Karlygash Z. - 2018

We investigate how irreversibility in "dirty" and "clean" capital stocks affects optimal climate policy, from both theoretical and numerical perspectives. An increasing carbon tax will reduce investments in assets that pollute, and so reduce emissions in the short term: our "irreversibility...

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The cold economy

Peters, Toby; Sayin, Leyla - 2022

Lack of cooling and cold-chain access is a critical development challenge that has significant implications for people's livelihoods, productivity, health, food, and nutritional security. While business-as-usual demand projections suggest 19 new cooling appliances will be sold every second by...

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The political economy of clean energy transitions at sub-national level : understanding the role of international climate regimes in energy policy in two Brazilian states

Puppim de Oliveira, Jose Antonio; Andrade, Celio - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016

This paper examines the political economy aspects, particularly the influence of the Clean Development Mechanism, in clean energy and climate change policies in the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The different mechanisms for responding to climate change are financing...

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The potential role of hydrogen towards a low-carbon residential heating in Italy

Noussan, Michel; Tavella, Sergio - 2021

Buildings’ heating represents an important share of the total energy consumption in Italy, and to reach the challenging decarbonization targets set by the EU by 2050, a combination of measures and technologies will be required. This working paper presents an analysis of different scenarios...

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Is energy planning consistent with climate goals? : assessing future emissions from power plants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Marinkovic, Catalina; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien - 2023

At least ten Latin American and Caribbean countries have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality. Has electricity planning in the region evolved towards reaching these goals? We compare power generation capacity in 2023 to announced plans in 2019. We then estimate committed emissions from existing...

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Greening the G7 economies through a more inclusive Climate Club

Barbier, Edward - 2023

Despite some progress, the Group of Seven (G7) have yet to act collectively to foster a low-carbon transition of their economies. This paper outlines such a strategy, which would also encourage other economies to follow suit. This strategy has three elements. First, the G7 should agree to end...

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