To achieve climate targets, efforts need to be made in Europe to improve energy efficiency and to expand renewable energies. Conditions for investing in renewable energies in Europe must be improved, subsidies for fossil and nuclear energy reduced. A 100 percent renewable energy system is...

Chapter 1. The emerging field of Climate finance Theory, practice, and frontiers -- Chapter 2. Global climate finance architecture: Institutional development -- Chapter 3. Climate-driven financial innovations: green financial tools -- Chapter 4. Measuring climate risks and impacts -- Chapter 5....

Steelmaking is one of the two largest industrial contributors to climate change, accounting for 7-9% of global CO2 emissions. To achieve drastic emission reduction in the steel sector, integrating breakthrough low-carbon technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and...

Green parties are commonly seen as strong proponents of wind power. This paper presents an alternative view, examining data from the highly decentralized institutional setup in Sweden where approval of wind power applications is delegated to local governments. I demonstrate that the approval...

Many US states have set ambitious renewable portfolio standards (RPS) that require utilities to switch from fossil fuels toward renewables. RPS increases the renewables capacity, bond issuance, maturity, and yield spreads of investor-owned utilities compared to municipal producers that are...

Alles, was wir brauchen, um die Erderwärmung aufzuhalten, haben wir schon längst: Wind- und Solaranlagen, Stromspeicher, Übertragungsleitungen, Elektroautos, Wärmepumpen, digitale Vernetzung - die Puzzleteile für den Kampf gegen die Klimakatastrophe liegen bereit. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie man...