This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It … shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate … housing consumption may decrease which reduces emissions from residential energy use. The paper uses numerical simulation to …

set of essays identifies two main threats to the climate regime. The first is the growing importance of emissions traded … across national borders, currently accounting for up to 38% of global emissions, with developed countries being net importers … certification of carbon emissions plays a key role. In the best case, developing countries may find that the reshaping of the …

emissions using both historical data on energy-related CO2 emissions and future emission scenarios generated with the integrated … 1971 to slightly above 0.4 in 2008. A decomposition of the Gini index of total emissions into primary energy carriers and … this reduction is mainly attributed to declining shares of emissions from coal/peat and oil in total emissions, and …