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, 2022 In the presence of strategic complementarities stemming from peer effects in demand or from technological spill-overs, propagation and amplification mechanisms increase the effectiveness of climate policies. This suggests that climate goals can be met with smaller policy interventions.
Van Der Ploeg, Frederick +1 more
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Energies, 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
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Democratic inclusiveness, climate policy outputs, and climate policy outcomes [PDF]
Democratization, 2015 In an ideal inclusive political system, all citizens are equally able to influence and challenge policies. We focus on how inclusiveness affects climate policies and outcomes. We argue that more inclusive systems should produce more policies in response to environmental threats and should have better outcomes.
Böhmelt, Tobias +2 more
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Climate Policy Without Commitment [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Climate mitigation policy should be imposed over a long period, and spur development of new technologies in order to make stabilization of green house gas concentrations economically feasible. The government may announce current and future policy packages that stimulate current R&D in climate-friendly technologies.
Rolf Golombek +2 more
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Optimal Climate Policy in the Presence of Another Country’s Climate Policy [PDF]
Strategic Behavior and the Environment, 2020 The allowances in an emission trading system (ETS) are commonly allocated for free to the emission-intensive and trade-exposed sector, e.g., in the form of output-based allocation (OBA). Recently an approach combining OBA with a consumption tax has been proposed to mitigate carbon leakage. This paper evaluates the potential outcome in a game of climate
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Does a change in the ‘global net zero’ language matter?
Global 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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The role of policies in reducing the cost of capital for offshore wind
iScience, 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
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Energy, 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
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Energies, 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
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Frontiers 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
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