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A public choice framework for climate adaptation : barriers to efficient adaptation and lessons learned from German flood disasters
Gawel, Erik; Lehmann, Paul; Strunz, Sebastian; Heuson, … - 2016
In this paper, we propose a comprehensive Public Choice framework to identify and categorize barriers to efficient public climate adaptation. Specifically, we distinguish three dimensions of public adaptation: extent, structure (form and timing) and organisation (vertical and horizontal). Within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455349
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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
The option of adapting to climate change is becoming more important in climate change policy. Hence, responding to climate change now involves both mitigation to address the cause and adaptation as a response to already ongoing or expected changes. These changes are also of relevance for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426488
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Adaptation vs. climate protection : responses to climate change and policy preferences of individuals in China, Germany, and the USA
Schwirplies, Claudia - 2015
This paper investigates the interrelation between adaptation and climate protection efforts of individuals in a cross-country comparison. The theoretical predictions based on a subjective utility framework demonstrate that, at the individual level, private adaptation and climate protection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459030
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The determinants of voluntary carbon offsetting : a micro-econometric analysis of individuals from Germany and the United States ; conference paper
Schwirplies, Claudia; Ziegler, Andreas - 2014 - Preliminary version
the United States. These data reveal a higher extent of the past purchase of carbon offsets in the United States. In both … additional important role, while in the Unites States social motives such as expectations from the society are of a high … identification with green politics) is significantly correlated with already purchased carbon offsets in the United States, but not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485299
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The economics of adaptation to climate change : the case of Germany
Dannenberg, Astrid; Mennel, Tim; Osberghaus, Daniel; … - 2009
Given the ubiquitous scarcity of resources an economic approach is necessary in order to determine an optimal strategy of adaptation to climate change. In this paper we develop an economic framework for the study of adaptation which allows us to distinguish between decentralized adaptation by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881582
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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change : an assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989027
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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change : an assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003994554
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Are German tourists environmental chameleons? : a micro-econometric analysis of adaptation to climate change
Schwirplies, Claudia; Ziegler, Andreas - 2013
This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of individual tourism-related adaptation to climate change, i.e. the stated choice of alternative travel destinations due to increasing temperatures in the future. By examining the tourism sector, our study investigates an industry which was not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775067
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Total Costs and Budgetary Effects of Adaptation to Climate Change : An Assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139867
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A Current Examination of the German Energy Industry, Fossil Fuel Use, and Climate Change
Linnhoff, Stefan; Broker, Todd; Durr, David; Smith, Murphy - 2021
Energy firms provide key sources of energy needed to power the world economy. This paper offers a current overview of major energy firms in Germany, including location, geographic operations, and financial performance. German energy firms increasingly use renewable energy sources, thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215007