Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 523,945
Cover Image
Climate change adaptation strategies within the framework of the German "Energiewende" : is there a need for government interventions and legal obligations?
Groth, Markus; Cortekar, Jörg - 2014
changes. These changes are also of relevance for the energy sector in Germany. An energy sector that in the course of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426488
Cover Image
Local economic impacts of wind power deployment in Denmark
Gavard, Claire; Göbel, Jonas; Schoch, Niklas - 2022 - This version: October 21, 2022
An argument sometimes used to support renewable energy is that it may contribute to job creation. On the other hand, these technologies often face local opposition. On the case of Denmark, the country with the longest experience with wind power, the authors examine whether the installation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013460360
Cover Image
A public choice framework for climate adaptation : barriers to efficient adaptation and lessons learned from German flood disasters
Gawel, Erik; Lehmann, Paul; Strunz, Sebastian; Heuson, … - 2016
efficient public adaptation. Based on this framework, we illustrate how Germany's response to major flood disasters reflects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455349
Cover Image
Reconsidering climate mitigation policy in the UK
Arregui, Nicolas; Parry, Ian W. H. - 2021
The UK has pledged to cut greenhouse gases 68 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, to be emissions neutral by 2050, and to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles by 2030. Much progress has been made, but fully achieving these ambitious objectives with the current policy framework will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012438370
Cover Image
Der Klimawandel wird weitergehen : eine unbequeme Wahrheit
Neubäumer, Renate - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 99 (2019) 11, pp. 798-807
Klimawandel wird weitergehen. In Deutschland ist ein Umdenken erforderlich. … Deutschland hat das zu der Forderung geführt, mehr gegen die Erderwärmung zu tun. Damit ist die Vorstellung verbunden, dass sich … durch eine starke Reduktion des deutschen (und europäischen) CO2-Ausstoßes der Klimawandel eindämmen lässt und seine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130311
Cover Image
Climate change policies in Poland : minimising abatement costs
Égert, Balázs - 2012
Poland is on track to meet its international greenhouse-gas emissions commitments. However, it will need to cut emissions significantly in the future, if the European Commission’s proposal on the Low Carbon Roadmap is adopted. Policies should ensure that the country’s substantial reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690152
Cover Image
From fossil fuels to renewables : studies on the effects of resource endowments and climate policy on economic outcomes
Montoya Gómez, Ana Maria - 2020
This doctoral thesis, organized in three self-contained chapters, provides an analysis of the economic effects associated with the extraction of natural resources and the transition from an economy based on fossil fuel use to an economy relying primarily on renewable energy sources. Chapter 1...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262529
Cover Image
Power struggle : decarbonising the electricity sector : effects of climate policies, policy misalignments and political economy factors on decarbonisation
Röttgers, Dirk; Anderson, Brilé - 2018
This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of decarbonisation: (1) increasing the share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990043
Cover Image
Ist das Pariser Abkommen der Durchbruch zu einem weltweiten Klimaabkommen?
Neubäumer, Renate - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 101 (2021) 10, pp. 781-788
Der weltweite Klimawandel lässt sich nicht durch die Anstrengungen einzelner Länder oder Ländergruppen aufhalten; dazu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012663349
Cover Image
Waiting for Godot? The Case for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Small Island States
Cevik, Serhan - 2022
Global warming is the most significant threat to ecosystems and people’s health and living standards, especially in small island states in the Caribbean and elsewhere. This paper contributes to the debate by analyzing different options to scale up climate change mitigation and adaptation. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076817