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Long-term low emissions development strategies : cross-country experience
Aguilar Jaber, Aimée; Anderson, Brilé; Nachtigall, Daniel - 2020
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
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Climate policies and nationally determined contributions : reconciling the needed ambition with the political economy
Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2017
Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2°C increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the literature on how policymakers can design climate...
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Evaluating environmental sustainability in Africa : the role of environmental taxes, productive capacities, and urbanization dynamics
BenYoussef, Adel; Dahmani, Mounir - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 4, pp. 1-24
This study examines the complex relation among environmental taxes, productive capacities, urbanization, and their collective effects on environmental quality in Africa, drawing on two decades of data from twenty African countries. It situates the study within the broader discourse on...
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Cities and green growth : the case of the Chicago Tri-State metropolitan area
2013
This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It first examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and identifies emerging regional specialisations...
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Climate change mitigation and green growth in developing Asia
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - 2012
emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies. Although recent targets and commitments will involve a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009560028
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Towards a green investment policy framework : the case of low-carbon, climateresilient infrastructure
Corfee-Morlot, Jan; Marchal, Virginie; Kauffmann, Celine; … - 2012
framework” taking infrastructure investment as a starting point and looking only at climate change mitigation and adaptation. It …
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Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia
Howes, Stephen - 2014
emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065846
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Green Bonds, Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, and Intergenerational Fairness : Evidence from an Extended DICE Model
Orlov, Sergey - 2018
current generations have to carry the burden of paying for mitigation, while the next generations will enjoy the benefits for … worse off if a mitigation policy is implemented. Additional compensation mechanisms ensuring that the current generation … retains the consumption level equal to the one without mitigation are needed to achieve a Pareto improvement of the mitigation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931691
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Do we still need carbonIntensive capital when transitioning to a green economy?
Jin, Wei; Ploeg, Frederick van der; Zhang, Lin - 2020
This paper presents a two-sector green endogenous growth model to explore a mechanism that explains why carbon-intensive capital is not necessarily shut down during transition to a green economy. Without accumulating clean capital to offset carbon emissions, a tightening of climate regulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383739
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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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