Brazilian agriculture has undergone a process of transformation in recent decades, being featured on the world agricultural production at both the production and productivity. The United States are characterized as highlighted in the agricultural world, therefore, is a reference for comparison...

Bisher haben die USA im internationalen Klimaschutzprozess eher eine Bremserrolle gespielt. Der künftige US-Präsident Barack Obama hat nun aber einen Umschwung in der Klima- und Energiepolitik angekündigt. Er hat bereits den prominenten Physik-Nobelpreisträger Steven Chu als Energieminister...

Die Klimakonferenz in Kopenhagen im Dezember 2009 ist richtungweisend. Die G8-Länder haben sich grundsätzlich darauf verständigt, das Zwei- Grad-Ziel anzuerkennen. Viele Staaten haben wie Europa signalisiert, dass sie die Treibhausgasemissionen deutlich senken wollen. Der Erfolg von...

Better understanding the innovative process of renewable energy technologies is important for tackling climate change. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity in solar technologies in general, ignoring the major...

This paper examines the effects of knowledge diffusion on growth and costs of climate policy. We develop a general equilibrium model with endogenous growth which represents knowledge diffusion between sectors and regions. Knowledge diffusion depends on accessibility and absorptive capacity which...

The introduction of the U.S. SO2 allowance-trading program to address the threat of acid rain as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is a landmark event in the history of environmental regulation. The program was a great success by almost all measures. This paper, which draws upon a...

Better understanding the innovative process of renewable energy technologies is important for tackling climate change. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity in solar technologies in general, ignoring the major...

This paper investigates the empirical link between emission intensity and economic growth, using a very large data set of 61,219 Italian manufacturing firms over the period 2000-2004. As a measure of lagged environmental performance (efficiency) at firm level we exploit NAMEA sector for CO2,...

In this paper we argue that when a subgroup of countries cooperate on emission reduction, the optimal response of non-signatory countries reflects the interaction between three potentially opposing factors, the incentive to free-ride on the benefits of cooperation, the incentive to expand the...

With a focus on alternative methods for accelerating clean energy policy adoption, this study introduces an innovative financing scheme for renewable and energy efficiency deployment. Financing barriers represent a notable obstacle for energy improvements and this is particularly the case for...