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Decarbonisation Policies in the Residential Sector and Energy Poverty: Mitigation Strategies and Impacts in Central and Southern Eastern Europe

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
The decarbonisation policies for the EU building stock can improve living conditions, including thermal comfort and lower energy bills. However, these measures may impose financial burdens on low-income households, reducing their disposable income and ...
Ivana Rogulj   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Policies and Anti-Climate Policies

open access: yesOpen Journal of Political Science, 2013
Although there is a clear trend towards stronger climate policies across a wide range of countries, another much less recognized but no less significant trend is the continued introduction of policies that increase net greenhouse gas emissions. This article introduces the concept of “anti-climate policy” as a means of focusing attention on these, and ...
Hugh Compston, Ian Bailey
openaire   +2 more sources

Climate Policy & U.S.-China Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Chinese stance, that no cap on carbon emissions will ever exist no matter how high, may be a product of China\u27s belief in a cold and hard, and potentially true, reality-that global economic power is paramount and will provide the only avenue to ...
Czarnezki, Jason J.
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Does a change in the ‘global net zero’ language matter?

open access: yesGlobal Sustainability, 2023
Non-technical summary Changes in language used in long term climate policy can undermine their credibility and discourage climate action. Previous IPCC reports have promoted an idea of reaching ‘global net zero’ (GNZ) emissions by 2050 in order to limit
Hannah Parris   +2 more
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Climate change: towards policy coherence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, being released in sections from late 2013 through 2014, is rekindling public interest in climate change.
Adrian Macey
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The role of policies in reducing the cost of capital for offshore wind

open access: yesiScience, 2023
Summary: Offshore wind will play a critical role in decarbonizing Europe’s energy infrastructure. Nevertheless, according to recent financing cost surveys, its investment risk expressed as the cost of capital (CoC) is higher than for onshore wind and ...
Mak Đukan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trade-offs in German wind energy expansion: building bridges between different interests, values and priorities

open access: yesEnergy, Sustainability and Society, 2022
Background To achieve climate targets, a transition to low-carbon energy production is necessary. However, conflicts between different interests, values and priorities, particularly at the community level, can constrain this transition.
Sybille Reitz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can a CO2 Tax Be Socially Just? Analysis of the Social Distribution Effects of the German CO2 Taxation

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Rising energy costs have led to increased discussion about the social impact of the energy transition in Germany in recent years. In 2021, a gradually increasing CO2 tax was introduced.
Maike Venjakob   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Achieving the nutrient reduction objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy. An assessment of CAP subsidies for precision fertilization and sustainable agricultural practices in Germany

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
The Farm to Fork Strategy of the EU aims at sustainable food systems. One objective of the Strategy is to reduce nutrient losses by at least 50% resulting in at least 20% less fertilizer use by 2030.
Katharine Heyl   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

EU emissions trading in a crowded national climate policy space – some findings from the INTERACT project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Climate policy in EU Member States is becoming increasingly crowded. Multiple instruments have been introduced at both the Member State and EU levels and new instruments are regularly being proposed.
Sijm, Jos, Sorrell, Steven
core   +2 more sources

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