• Air Pollution and Congestion in Bangkok- Developing analytical tools, and implications 

      Eskeland, Gunnar S.; Mideksa, Torben Kenea (CICERO Report;2009:01, Research report, 2009)
      In a congested city with air pollution like Bangkok, there are gains to analyzing and addressing them in coordination. Higher speed, tremendously valuable in itself for firms and households, also reduce the costs of air ...
    • Air pollution impacts on in-hospital case-fatality rate of ischemic stroke patients 

      Keller, Karsten; Haghi, Seyed Hamed Rastguye; Hahad, Omar; Schmidtmann, Irene; Chowdhury, Sourangsu; Lelieveld, Jos; Münzel, Thomas; Hobohm, Lukas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: A growing body of evidence suggests that air pollution exposure is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. Data regarding the impact of long-term air pollution exposure on ischemic stroke ...
    • Air quality estimates in Taiyan, Shanxi Province, China 

      Mestl, Heidi Elizabeth Staff; Fang, Jinghua (CICERO Report;2003:01, Research report, 2003)
      In a previous cost-benefit analysis of local air quality improvements in Shanxi, a simple linear relationship between emissions and surface concentrations was assumed (Aunan et al., 2004). This study looks more closely at ...
    • Aligera 

      CICERO Center for International Climate Research (Second opinions;2015:005, Report, 2015-07-01)
      Category: Second Opinion, Sector: Energy, Issuer type: Corporate, Shading: Dark Green
    • An alternative to the Global Warming Potential for comparing climate impacts of emissions of greenhouse gases 

      Shine, Keith P.; Fuglestvedt, Jan S.; Stuber, Nicola (CICERO Working Paper;2003:03, Working paper, 2003)
      The Global Warming Potential (GWP) is used within the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as a metric for weighting the climatic impact of emissions of different greenhouse gases. ...
    • An analysis of the Bonn agreement: Background information for evaluating business implications 

      Torvanger, Asbjørn (CICERO Report;2001:03, Research report, 2001)
      This report has been commissioned by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and written in August 2001. The aim of the report is to present and analyze the newest developments in the climate negotiations, ...
    • An application of automated mediation to international climate treaty negotiation 

      Ding, P; Gerst, MD; Bang, Guri; Borsuk, Mark (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      A generic framework for automated mediation of multi-attribute negotiation has recently been reported (Lai and Sycara in Group Decis Negot 18:169–187, 2009). This framework seeks to shorten time to agreement, achieve ...
    • An assessment of experiences in the U.S.A. with power and emissions disclosure information for energy consumers 

      Wilhite, Harold Langford (CICERO Report;2007:02, Research report, 2007)
      A new Norwegian electricity directive that will take effect in 2007 will mandate the compliance of Norwegian electricity utilities with the European Unions EL Directive (2003/54/EC, par 6). The EU Directive states that all ...
    • An assessment of the role of CF4 and C2F6 as greenhouse gases 

      Isaksen, Ivar S. A.; Brühl, Christoph; Molina, Mario; Schiff, Harold; Shine, Keith P.; Stordal, Frode (CICERO Policy Note;1992:06, Working paper, 1992)
    • An economic approach to monitoring pollution accidents 

      Gottinger, Hans W. (CICERO Working Paper;1994:07, Working paper, 1994)
      _________________________________________________________ The author of this report, Hans Gottinger, has been regrettably found guilty of several counts of plagiarism. While we have no definitive proof that this particular ...
    • An economic approach to the analysis of country interests and positions in climate negotiations 

      Aaheim, H. Asbjørn (CICERO Working Paper;1998:14, Working paper, 1998)
      The publication develops an approach to the appraisal of economic interests and positions in climate negotiations. The approach is based on a full-scale analysis of costs and benefits of climate treaties. Interest is ...
    • An economic evaluation of solar radiation management 

      Aaheim, H. Asbjørn; Romstad, Bård; Wei, Taoyuan; Kristjansson, Jon Egill; Muri, Helene; Niemeier, Ulrike; Schmidt, Hauke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
    • An efficient and accurate carbon cycle model for use in simple climate models 

      Alfsen, Knut H.; Berntsen, Terje Koren (CICERO Working Paper;1999:01, Working paper, 1999)
      The aim of this publication is to document a simple model of the atmospheric CO2 concentration based on exogenous input of anthropogenic emission of CO2 and taking air-sea exchange and biospheric responses into account. ...
    • An evaluation of business implications of the Kyoto Protocol 

      Torvanger, Asbjørn (CICERO Report;2001:05, Research report, 2001)
      This report has been commissioned by Norsk Hydro ASA and written in November-December 2001. The aim of the report is to present and analyze the newest developments in the climate negotiations, particularly the seventh ...
    • An International Regulatory Framework for Risk Governance of Carbon Capture and Storage 

      Vajjhala, Shalini; Gode, Jenny; Torvanger, Asbjørn (CICERO Policy Note;2007:01, Working paper, 2007)
      CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in geological structures and its possible risks have been topics of extensive study in recent years. In contrast, the legal and regulatory structures necessary to support widespread capture ...
    • Analysis of EU member states' national allocation plans 

      Kolshus, Hans H.; Torvanger, Asbjørn (CICERO Working Paper;2005:02, Working paper, 2005)
      The European Union’s (EU) emissions trading scheme (ETS) started on 01 January 2005. The ETS covers CO2 emissions from large emitters in the power and heat generation industry and selected energy-intensive industrial ...
    • Anthropogenic sulfate aerosol pollution in South and East Asia induces increased summer precipitation over arid Central Asia 

      Xie, Xiaoning; Myhre, Gunnar; Shindell, Drew; Faluvegi, Gregory; Takemura, Toshihiko; Voulgarakis, Apostolos; Shi, Zhengguo; Li, Xinzhou; Xie, Xiaoxun; Liu, Heng; Liu, Xiaodong; Liu, Yangang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Precipitation has increased across the arid Central Asia region over recent decades. However, the underlying mechanisms of this trend are poorly understood. Here, we analyze multi-model simulations from the Precipitation ...
    • Aquafin 

      CICERO Center for International Climate Research (Second opinions;2015:004, Report, 2015-06-29)
      Category: Second Opinion, Sector: Water and Wastewater, Issuer type: Corporate, Shading: Medium Green
    • Arctic air pollution: Challenges and opportunities for the next decade 

      Arnold, Steve R.; Law, Kathy S.; Brock, Charles A.; Thomas, Jennie L.; Starkweather, Sandra M.; von Salzen, Knut; Stohl, Andreas; Sharma, Sangeeta; Lund, Marianne Tronstad; Flanner, Mark G.; Petäjä, Tuukka; Tanimoto, Hiroshi; Gamble, Jim; Dibb, Jack E.; Melamed, Megan; Johnson, Noor; Fidel, Maryann; Tynkkynen, Veli-Pekka; Baklanov, Alexander; Eckhardt, Sabine; Monks, Sarah A.; Browse, Jo; Bozem, Heike (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
    • The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979 

      Rantanen, Mika; Karpechko, Alexey Yu.; Lipponen, Antti; Nordling, Kalle; Hyvärinen, Otto; Ruosteenoja, Kimmo; Vihma, Timo Pekka; Laaksonen, Ari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In recent decades, the warming in the Arctic has been much faster than in the rest of the world, a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification. Numerous studies report that the Arctic is warming either twice, more than twice, ...