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Exploring options to measure the climate consistency of real economy investments : the manufacturing industries in Norway

Dobrinevski, Alexander; Jachnik, Raphaël - 2020

This paper presents results from a first pilot study to measure the consistency of real economy investments with climate change mitigation objectives. The analysis focuses on investments in infrastructure and equipment in the manufacturing industries in Norway between 2010 and 2017, estimated at...

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Exploring options to measure the climate consistency of real economy investments : the transport sector in Latvia

Dobrinevski, Alexander; Jachnik, Raphaël - 2020

Mitigating climate change requires aligning real economy investments with climate objectives. This pilot study measures the climate consistency of investments in transport infrastructure and vehicles in Latvia between 2008 and 2018, estimated at EUR 1.5 billion per year on average. To do so,...

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The use of revenues from carbon pricing

Marten, Melanie; Van Dender, Kurt - 2019

taxes, emissions trading systems, and excise taxes on energy use. It notes that constraints – which can take the form of … political commitments or legal earmarks – on revenue use differ between carbon taxes, emissions trading systems, and excise … emissions trading systems are frequently directed towards green spending. The results may be relevant to the political economy …

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The joint impact of the European Union emissions trading system on carbon emissions and economic performance

Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Nachtigall, Daniel; Venmans, Frank - 2018

This paper investigates the joint impact of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), Europe’s main climate … change policy, on carbon emissions and economic performance of regulated companies. The impact on emissions is analysed using … installation-level carbon emissions from national Polluting Emissions Registries from France, Netherlands, Norway and the United …

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Improving economic efficiency and climate mitigation outcomes through international co-ordination on carbon pricing

Nachtigall, Daniel - 2019

This paper presents the potential benefits and challenges of enhanced international co-ordination on carbon pricing and outlines the different types and levels of co-ordination that are available for national and sub-national governments. These levels include, inter alia, facilitating new...

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Climate impacts in the Sahel and West Africa : the role of climate science in policy making

Lewis, Kirsty; Buontempo, Carlo - 2016

Given that the population of the Sahel depends largely on rain-fed agriculture and transhumant livestock rearing, there is a growing concern about the future climate of the region as global warming may alter the availability of water resources. The lack of consensus on climate projections for...

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Modelling Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture

Ignaciuk, Ada - 2014

This paper investigates how climate change can affect agricultural production and proposes some adaptation measures that could be undertaken to mitigate the negative effects of climate change while enhancing the positive ones. The paper stresses the importance of planned adaptation measures and...

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Carbon pricing and competitiveness : are they at odds?

Ellis, Jane; Nachtigall, Daniel; Venmans, Frank - 2019

generous levels of free allowances to firms covered by emissions trading schemes. …

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The joint effects of energy prices and carbon taxes on environmental and economic performance : evidence from the French manufacturing sector

Dussaux, Damien - 2020

The paper estimates the effect of energy prices and carbon taxation on firms’ environmental and economic performance. The analysis uses data on 8 000 firms that are representative of the French manufacturing sector and observed during 2001-2016. This paper also measures the causal impact of...

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Synergies and trade-offs between adaptation, mitigation and agricultural productivity : a synthesis report

Lankoski, Jussi; Ignaciuk, Adriana M.; Jésus, Franck - 2018

This report develops quantitative and qualitative frameworks to test the possibility of systematically assessing a range of policies and their intended and unintended effects. The analysis spans the three policy objectives of enhanced productivity, climate change mitigation, and climate change...

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