Blar i CICERO Research Archive på forfatter "Alfsen, Knut H."
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On the question of PPP corrections to the SRES scenarios
Holtsmark, Bjart; Alfsen, Knut H. (2004:01, Working paper, 2004)Ian Castles and David Henderson have criticized IPCC’s Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) (IPCC, 2000) for using market exchange rates (MER) instead of purchasing power parities (PPP) when converting regional GDP ... -
Planlagt etablering av Klimafond å diskusjon av formål, anvendelse og effekt
Alfsen, Knut H.; Innbjør, Linda; Eskeland, Gunnar S. (2007:05, Research report, 2007) -
Possible criteria for differentiated commitments: Fair or feasible?
Alfsen, Knut H. (1997:07, Working paper, 1997)This paper discusses the notion of differentiated commitments or burden sharing in the ongoing negotiations on emissions reductions of greenhouse gases. The negotiations, which takes place in the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin ... -
Sustaining Welfare for Future Generations. A Review Note on the Capital Approach to the Measurement of Sustainable Development
Moe, Thorvald; Alfsen, Knut H.; Greaker, Mads (2013:01, Working paper, 2013)The objective of this policy paper is twofold: -To present an update on an economic approach to measure sustainable development - the capital approach - and how this approach may be combined with the ecological approach ... -
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Outline of an assessment
Alfsen, Knut H.; Skodvin, Tora (2010:01, Working paper, 2010) -
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and scientific consensus: How scientists come to say what they say about climate change
Alfsen, Knut H.; Skodvin, Tora (1998:03, Working paper, 1998)In its Second Assessment Report (SAR) from 1995 the IPCC concluded that «The balance of evidence, from changes in global mean surface air temperature and from changes in geographical, seasonal and vertical patterns of ... -
The state of climate research and climate policy
Torvanger, Asbjørn; Alfsen, Knut H.; Kolshus, Hans H.; Sygna, Linda (2001:02, Research report, 2001)The aim of the report is to give an overview of the state of climate research and international climate policy negotiations until May 2001. The report presents a collection of factual information based on reports from the ... -
The use of PPP or MER in the construction of emission scenarios is more than a question of "metrics"
Holtsmark, Bjart; Alfsen, Knut H. (2004:03, Working paper, 2004)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES, IPCC, 2000) has been a matter of debate since Ian Castles and David Henderson claimed that the scenarios were based on ... -
Virkemidler som virker i klimapolitikken? Om fleksible virkemidler og et nasjonalt kvotesystem
Alfsen, Knut H. (1999:02, Working paper, 1999)Debatten om norsk virkemiddelbruk i klimapolitikken tok et stort steg framover sommeren 1998 med Stortingets vedtak om utredning og innføring av et nasjonalt kvotesystem. Spørsmålet om hvilke virkemidler vi skal bruke i ... -
Vurderinger av norsk klimapolitikk - En syntese av fire internasjonale rapporter
Alfsen, Knut H.; Bjørnæs, Christian; Reed, Eilif Ursin (2011:02, Research report, 2011)