Blar i CICERO Research Archive på forfatter "Westskog, Hege"
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Should developing countries take on binding commitments in a climate agreement? A cost-benefit analysis
Kallbekken, Steffen; Westskog, Hege (CICERO Working Paper;2003:09, Working paper, 2003)This paper explores the costs and benefits for all parties to a future climate agreement of developing countries taking on binding commitments. Such commitments would allow developing countries to participate in emissions ... -
Strøm fra folket? Drivkrefter og barrierer
Westskog, Hege; Inderberg, Tor Håkon Jackson; Sæle, Hanne; Winther, Tanja (CICERO Report;2018:04, Report, 2018-04-30)Prosjektet har hatt som målsetting å identifisere drivkrefter for og barrierer mot at norske husholdningskunder blir plusskunder. Vi har sett på hvorfor noen husholdninger i Norge velger å bli plusskunder, hvilke erfaringer ... -
The creation of an ecovillage: Negotiating boundaries and identities in a Norwegian sustainable valley
Westskog, Hege; Winther, Tanja; Aasen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018) -
The design of a tradeable CO2-quota system under market imperfections
Hagem, Cathrine; Westskog, Hege (CICERO Working Paper;1996:02, Working paper, 1996)Market power within a system of tradeable CO2-quotas leads to a non-optimal distribution of abatement across countries. In this paper we introduce a quota system that may reduce the adverse effects of market power, and ... -
The Kyoto mechanisms and the quest for compliance: Unresolved issues and potential pitfalls
Malvik, Henrik; Westskog, Hege (CICERO Working Paper;2001:03, Working paper, 2001)The purpose of this paper is to illuminate potential problems with the flexibility mechanism in the Kyoto Protocol connected to the establishment of an enforcement system. The Kyoto mechanisms are emission trading, Joint ... -
Tough justice for small nations: How strategic behaviour can influence the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol
Hagem, Cathrine; Kallbekken, Steffen; Mæstad, Ottar; Westskog, Hege (CICERO Working Paper;2003:01, Working paper, 2003)This paper looks at how strategic considerations may play a role in the decision of whether or not to impose sanctions on Parties who are not in compliance with their commitments to the Kyoto Protocol. A member of the ... -
The transformative potential of local-level planning and climate policies. Case studies from Norwegian municipalities
Westskog, Hege; Aarsæther, Nils Johan; Hovelsrud, Grete K.; Amundsen, Helene; West, Jennifer Joy; Dale, Ragnhild Freng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We analyse whether and how current municipal climate policies can be characterised as transformative and which factors and pathways may lead to transformative change at the municipal level. Based on 13 in-depth case studies ... -
Understanding low-carbon food consumption transformation through social practice theory: The case of community supported agriculture in Norway
Standal, Karina; Westskog, Hege (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Drawing on a qualitative case study of consumers involved in community-supported agriculture farms in Norway, this article applies social practice theory to understand pro-environmental behaviour transformation in relation ... -
Urban contractual agreements as an adaptive governance strategy: under what conditions do they work in multi-level cooperation?
Westskog, Hege; Amundsen, Helene; Christiansen, Petter; Tønnesen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Norwegian urban growth agreement (UGA) is a governance platform combining transport-infrastructure development with land-use and transport policy. It is a policy package of measures involving network cooperation between ... -
Urban contractual agreements as an adaptive governance strategy: under what conditions do they work in multi-level cooperation?
Westskog, Hege; Amundsen, Helene; Christiansen, Petter; Tønnesen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Norwegian urban growth agreement (UGA) is a governance platform combining transport-infrastructure development with land-use and transport policy. It is a policy package of measures involving network cooperation between ... -
Why quota trade should be restricted: The arguments behind the EU position on emissions trading
Westskog, Hege (CICERO Working Paper;2001:07, Working paper, 2001)In this paper I try to clarify the background and arguments behind the EU position on emissions trading in negotiating the Kyoto Protocol and their suggestions of how the supplementarity cap in the Kyoto agreement can be ...