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Investment and adaptation as commitment devices in climate politics
Heuson, Clemens; Peters, Wolfgang; Schwarze, Reimund; … - 2013
global mitigation within a noncooperative framework where countries either decide on mitigation before or after adaptation … lower national contributions to the global public good of mitigation. We find that the sequencing of adaptation before … mitigation reinforces this strategic effect of technological investments at least for sufficiently similar countries. As a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193773
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Using a policy mix for pollution control : a review of economic literature
Lehmann, Paul - 2008
This article provides a review of economic studies analyzing the use of multiple policies - a socalled policy mix - to cope with single pollution problems. To guide and structure the review, an analytical framework is developed and applied. The framework integrates transaction costs into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469525
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Climate policies with pollution externalities and learning spillovers
Lehmann, Paul - 2009
Economic theory suggests that with a pollution externality and learning spillovers related to renewable energy technologies, the optimal climate policy mix includes an emissions policy and an output subsidy to the learning industry. Instead of output subsidies, feed-in tariffs are often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470292
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Knowledge accumulation from public renewable energy R&D in the European Union : converging or diverging trends?
Grafström, Jonas; Söderholm, Patrik; Gawel, Erik; … - 2017
Bottom-up processes of policy convergence are increasingly discussed as a substitute for the absence of supranational energy policy coordination and harmonization in the EU. The overall objective of this paper is to analyse the development of government support to renewable energy R&D across EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723890
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Integrierte Bewertung der Instrumente und der fiskalischen und marktbasierten Anreize internationaler Klimapolitik und ihrer Auswirkungen (IACCP) : Studie gefördet vom Bundesminist...
Zimmer, Markus; Aichele, Rahel; Ciesielski, Anna Sophia; … - 2017
Die Abschätzung der Effekte unilateraler Klimapolitik-Maßnahmen sowie deren Wirksamkeit geschieht in der bestehenden Literatur vornehmlich durch „Computable General Equilibrium“ (CGE) Modelle oder durch darauf basierende Integrated Assessment Modelle. Die Auswahl der zur Kalibrierung der...
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Managing the spatial externalities of renewable energy deployment : uniform vs. differentiated regulation
Geiger, Charlotte; Lehmann, Paul - 2021
With the expansion of renewable energy sources (RES) in countries all over the world, policy design to address the negative impacts of RES plants on their local and regional environment gains in importance. We analyse whether policy design should be spatially-differentiated or uniform when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487862
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Pollution-reducing infrastructure and urban environmental policy
Quaas, Martin F. - 2005
Based on a case study on Bombay, we argue that urban infrastructure, like the sewage system and the municipal waste collection, is an important instrument for urban environmental policy. We develop a spatial general equilibrium model of a monocentric city, where infrastructure serves as a public...
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The transnational impacts of global climate change for Germany : abridged version
Peter, Martin; Guyer, Madeleine; Füssler, Jürg Stephan - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021
Climate change will affect the frequency, intensity and regional occurrence of extreme weather events and lead to gradual climatic changes. Although climate change impacts appear locally at first, they spread beyond political borders due to the global physical and economic interconnectedness....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012617379
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Towards sustainable adaptation pathways : a concept for integrative actions to achieve the 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework : conceptual and analytical paper
Bueb, Benedict; Tröltzsch, Jenny; Reichwein, David; … - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021
2015 was a watershed year for addressing global challenges. Under the umbrella of the United Nations, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction were adopted. Six years after their adoption,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170303
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Migration, environment and climate change : final report
Wright, Emily; Tänzler, Dennis; Rüttinger, Lukas; … - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021
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