Assessing the effects of EU environmental legislation, and whether specific measures have actually been effective in delivering expected results, is an essential task, yet one that is not always carried out. The REM report examines this issue and tries to respond to a set of questions on why,...

This report, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), examines the effect of UK government policies on energy use and carbon pricing. The work was undertaken by researchers from the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy...

The present study aims to provide a critical analysis of the causes that lead to the most relevant recent forest fires events in the EU, focusing in particular on Southern European countries. In particular, the study assesses to what extent forest fires have been influenced by forest management,...

This report, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), examines the effect of UK government policies on energy use and carbon pricing. The work was undertaken by researchers from the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy...

Green Taxation and Environmental Sustainability explores the critical issue of how taxes can be applied across relevant environmental areas – including transport, nuclear power, and water and waste management – to achieve sustainability.

The US is currently the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world and one of the highest ranked countries in terms of per capita emissions. Along with other major economies, it will have to cut emissions much more sharply if the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

International climate change negotiations continue to be slow and problematic, with long-standing differences between rich and developing countries difficult to overcome. Emission reduction pledges put forward at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the repurchase intention of a customer and his/her perception of various aspects of an e-tailer’s product return process, such as leniency, fairness and quality of the return process. Design/methodology/approach:...