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Towards an effective implementation of clean development mechanism projects in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
With the already huge and growing amount of greenhouse gas emissions and a great deal of low-cost abatement options …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835477
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Climate Change, Economic Development, and Global Equity
Rao, J. Mohan - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2011) 1
Climate change involves fundamental international asymmetries in terms of its sources and impacts. The World Development Report 2010 presents an optimistic picture of the possibilities for tackling global warming, its optimism rather at odds with the gloomy prospects that may well be in store...
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Le protocole de Kyoto et les mécanismes de développement propre (MDP) : quels impacts pour les pays en développement à l'horizon 2020--2050 ?
Hristova, Iva - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
The present thesis focuses on the definition of potential Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (or other successor mechanism) financial flows at the horizon of 2020 and 2050 and on their impact on recipient countries’ economies. The analysis is completed by an overview of the current CDM...
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Should we sustain? : and if so, sustain what? ; consumption or the quality of life?
Llavador, Humberto G.; Roemer, John E.; Silvestre, Joaquim - 2012
levels, while reducing GHG emissions to converge to carbon concentrations of 450 ppm. Here we repeat our optimization but … emissions ; quality of life ; education; knowledge …
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Climate policies and nationally determined contributions : reconciling the needed ambition with the political economy
Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2017
emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the …-net emissions before the end of the century in a socially and politically-acceptable manner. To get the ambition right, policymakers … can use sectoral roadmaps with targets and indicators that track progress towards zero emissions (e.g. regarding renewable …
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Linking cap-and-trade systems and green finance
Erdmann, Katharina; Zaklan, Aleksandar; Kemfert, Claudia - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 88 (2019) 2, pp. 89-100
Linking of two or more cap-and-trade systems promises gains in cost effectiveness and signals a strong commitment to carbon policy. Linking is also seen as one possible way of converging from regional climate policy initiatives toward a global climate policy architecture. Moreover, linking may...
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The new urban paradigm
Lanfranchi, Gabriel; Herrero, Ana Carolina; Palenzuela, … - 2018
This policy brief argues in favor of a new urban model that harnesses the power that cities have to curb global warming. Such a model tackles fundamental management challenges in the energy, building and transport sectors to promote the growth of diverse and compact cities. Such a model is...
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Green finance in the Republic of Korea : barriers and solutions
Oh, Deokkyo; Kim, Sang-Hyup - 2018
The Republic of Korea fully launched its green finance scheme in 2009 and then introduced the environmental information disclosure system and the emission trading scheme in 2013 and 2015, respectively. However, their use has not increased dramatically, as the public sector has taken the major...
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The role of fintech in unlocking green finance : policy insights for developing countries
Nassiry, Darius - 2018
The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementation of the Paris Agreement will require significant new investment. New financial technologies ("fintech") offer the potential to unlock green finance technologies, such as blockchain, the Internet of Things and big data,...
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Green finance in Viet Nam : barriers and solutions
Trong Co Nguyen; Anh Tu Chuc; Le Ngoc Dang - 2018
Viet Nam's energy sector has made considerable strides in recent years in achieving high percentage of nationwide electrification and a relatively diversified energy mix that is dominated by hydropower, followed by gas and coal. However, sustaining those achievements including addressing...
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