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Current projections indicate that agricultural GHG emissions are hardly expected to fall between 2017 and 2030 while …'s roadmap to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation is proposed as one of … presented by the new CAP to reduce agricultural emissions while increasing removals in the LULUCF sector. The Commission has …
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The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is the cornerstone of the European Union’s climate policy and covers just … under half of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. More than ten years since the EU ETS was first introduced, there continues … one, small companies participated less actively in trading emissions allowances than companies with a higher turnover …
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Environmental regulations such as air quality standards can lead to notable improvements in ambient air quality and to related health benefits. But they impose additional production costs on firms and may reduce productivity, earnings, and employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and...
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electricity will automatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While this is true regarding the direct displacement effect, this …
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Staatliche Bestimmungen und Maßnahmen der Energiepolitik sind unterschiedlich mit den Zielen Versorgungssicherheit, Wirtschaftlichkeit und Umweltschutz vereinbar. Dabei stehen die internationalen, europäischen und nationalen Klimaschutzziele sowie die Instrumente für ihre Einhaltung im...
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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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Environmental regulations such as air quality standards can lead to notable improvements in ambient air quality and to related health benefits. But they impose additional production costs on firms and may reduce productivity, earnings, and employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and...
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and indirectly contributes to global resource use. GHG emissions of Europe are still an important part of global emissions … and emissions per capita are far beyond a sustainable global level. Security of supply and the risks attached to that are … emissions), as well as to domestic consumption (domestic material consumption, DMC). The main instrument discussed in this …
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In 2010, the U.S. government adopted its first consistent estimates of the social cost of carbon (SCC) for government-wide use in regulatory cost-benefit analysis. Here, the authors examine a number of limitations of the estimates identified in the U.S. government report and elsewhere and review...
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