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The effects of energy efficiency improvement in China with global interaction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)China has pledged to reduce its carbon intensity defined as carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40–45% by 2020 and by 60–65% by 2030 compared to the 2005 level. To fulfill the pledges, China’s government has made ... -
The environmental action plan approach: A milestone in pollution control in the Baltic Sea
(CICERO Working Paper;1995:01, Working paper, 1995)This essay focusses on the regional regime for protection of the Baltic Sea marine environment. It compares the 1992 Helsinki Convention and the Baltic Sea Joint Comprehensive Environmental Action Plan with the 1974 Helsinki ... -
The European Community and climate protection: What's behind the 'empty rhetoric'?
(CICERO Report;1999:08, Research report, 1999)The EC has been hoping to play an environmental leadership role in the global climate negotiations and has been proposing comparatively stringent climate targets for the OECD countries. But especially the United States and ... -
The European electricity sector and the EU ETS review
(CICERO Working Paper;2008:01, Working paper, 2008)The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been reviewed and evaluated, and this paper surveys the positions of electricity producers and consumers on the review of the EU ETS. More specifically, the paper ... -
The European Union renewable directive: The policy-making process and the stakeholders' positions
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The feasibility of ambitious climate agreements: Norway as an early test case
(CICERO Working Paper;2002:03, Working paper, 2002)There are considerable differences between developed countries as to how difficult it will be to meet their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. ‘High-cost abatement countries’ are particularly interesting as they can be ... -
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (GeoMIP6): Simulation design and preliminary results
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)We present a suite of new climate model experiment designs for the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP). This set of experiments, named GeoMIP6 (to be consistent with the Coupled Model Intercomparison ... -
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (GeoMIP6): Simulation design and preliminary results
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)We present a suite of new climate model experiment designs for the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP). This set of experiments, named GeoMIP6 (to be consistent with the Coupled Model Intercomparison ... -
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (GeoMIP6): Simulation design and preliminary results
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)We present a suite of new climate model experiment designs for the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP). This set of experiments, named GeoMIP6 (to be consistent with the Coupled Model Intercomparison ... -
The Hidden Hazard of Household Air Pollution in Rural China
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Air pollution in Chinese cities has become a major topic of public debate and political concern. At the same time, few rural areas are subjected to measurements of ambient air quality, and policy documents and media rarely ... -
The Impact of Climate Change on Tourism in Spain
(CICERO Working Paper;2007:02, Working paper, 2007)The tourism sector will be particularly affected by climate change, but there have been few studies specifying the impacts of climate change on tourism for a certain country. This paper considers the impacts of climate ... -
The impact of international institutions: The case of EU environmental policy and Central European responses
(CICERO Working Paper;1995:04, Working paper, 1995)This article analyzes to what extent EU environmental policy has had an impact in East-Central Europe. It does so by first, looking at the role of the EU as an actor in environmental policy – to what extent is a unified ... -
The Impact of Trial Runs on the Acceptability of Pigouvian Taxes: Experimental Evidence
(CICERO Working Paper;2011:01, Working paper, 2011)This paper examines the political difficulty of enacting welfare-enhancing Pigouvian taxes. Using referenda in a market experiment with externalities, we investigate the effect of trial periods on the acceptability of two ... -
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The United Nations sustainable development goals are under fire. By attempting to cover all that is good and desirable in society, these targets have ended up as vague and meaningless. We suggest a model for sustainable ... -
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The United Nations sustainable development goals are under fire. By attempting to cover all that is good and desirable in society, these targets have ended up as vague and meaningless. We suggest a model for sustainable ... -
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits
(Book, 2017)For more information on the book, its content and the authors, see https://www.routledge.com/guilfordpressbooks/details/9781138714267?books/details/9781138714267/ -
The influence of atmospheric blocking on extreme winter minimum temperatures in North America
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Regional climate models (RCMs) are the primary source of high-resolution climate projections, and it is of crucial importance to evaluate their ability to simulate extreme events under current climate conditions. Many ... -
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Outline of an assessment
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and scientific consensus: How scientists come to say what they say about climate change
(CICERO Policy Note;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 Kyoto mechanisms and the quest for compliance: Unresolved issues and potential pitfalls
(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 ...