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Long-term low emissions development strategies : cross-country experience
Aguilar Jaber, Aimée; Anderson, Brilé; Nachtigall, Daniel - 2020
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a cost effective way in Switzerland
Wölfl, Anita; Sicari, Patrizio - 2012
Switzerland has low greenhouse gas emissions per capita as compared to other countries, which reflects the strong reliance on energy sources emitting few greenhouse gas emissions, especially in electricity generation, and little heavy industry. Greenhouse gas emissions have remained almost the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696446
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103043
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Carbon pricing and competitiveness : are they at odds?
Ellis, Jane; Nachtigall, Daniel; Venmans, Frank - 2019
This paper reviews ex-post empirical assessments on the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness in OECD and G20 countries in the electricity and industrial sectors. Most of these assessments find no statistically significant effects of carbon pricing or energy prices on different dimensions...
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A survey of GHG mitigation policies for the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector
Henderson, Ben; Frezal, Clara; Flynn, Eimear - 2020
In light of the urgency for policy action to address climate change, this report provides the first detailed global catalogue of targets and policies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. It covers 20 countries which collectively...
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Policy strategies and challenges for climate change mitigation in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector
Henderson, Ben; Frank, Stefan; Havlik, Petr; Valin, Hugo - 2021
This study uses GLOBIOM ‒ the most detailed global economic model of agriculture, land use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ‒ to assess the effectiveness of different policies in cutting net emissions from the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, with a view to helping...
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The use of revenues from carbon pricing
Marten, Melanie; Van Dender, Kurt - 2019
The paper collects comprehensive and detailed data on what 40 OECD and G20 economies do with the revenues from carbon 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012135991
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An integrated approach to the Paris climate Agreement : the role of regions and cities
Matsumoto, Tadashi; Allain-Dupré, Dorothée; Crook, … - 2019
Determined Contributions (NDCs) detail each Party’s efforts to reduce domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to the …, highlights the need for an integrated approach in implementing NDCs and long-term low GHG emission development strategies (LT … co-ordination mechanisms in current NDCs, LT-LEDS and other subnational climate strategies and argues that the current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230604
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180374
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Achieving the “low carbon, green growth” vision in Korea
Jones, Randall Sidney; Yoo, Byungseo - 2012
Korea, which has had the highest growth rate of greenhouse gas emissions in the OECD area since 1990, adopted an ambitious Green Growth Strategy in 2009. It aims at reducing emissions by 30% by 2020 relative to a “business as usual” scenario, implying a 4% cut from the 2005 level. The...
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