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We develop and implement a new method for identifying wasted subsidies, and use it to provide systematic evidence on … the misallocation of carbon offsets in the Clean Development Mechanism - the world's largest carbon offset program. Using …
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Subsidies to renewable energy are costly and contentious. We estimate the reduction in prices that follows from the … the total electricity market expenditures. The subsidies generate net gains to consumers. We develop an approach to …
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Subsidies to renewable energy are costly and contentious. We estimate the reduction in prices that follows from the … the total electricity market expenditures. The subsidies generate net gains to consumers. We develop an approach to …
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Since the onset of the COVID-19, the seriousness of the climate problem has attracted more attention, and international cooperation to prevent climate change and climate disaster is continuing. More than 100 countries, including the EU, China, and Japan, have declared or are pursuing carbon...
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This contribution seeks to analyse and compare WTO Accession Protocols, particularly the interpretations given relevant commitments made in them regarding energy and fossil fuels. After first providing an outline of the accession process and its importance for the natural resources and energy...
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contribute to this reform and play an active role in curbing and phasing out such environmentally harmful subsidies. Therefore …
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This contribution discusses WTO subsidies disciplines in the context of the energy sector. After laying out the … relevant disciplines, it will discuss the paradox of WTO law with respect to subsidies towards fossil fuels vis-à-vis those … towards renewable energy. It is clear that subsidies on clean energy production and consumption are needed to correct market …
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The aim of the analysis is to estimate the impact of Cohesion Policy in the programming period 2014-2020 on the EU climate and energy targets in 9 chosen European countries and on transition into low-carbon economies. The paper discusses benefits expected at the beginning of the 2014-2020...
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Reform of support for fossil fuels is often identified as a priority for a country’s fiscal consolidation efforts and for climate action to align financial flows with low-carbon pathways. Its implementation, however, remains elusive for many countries as they face seemingly irreconcilable...
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