Browsing CICERO Working Papers by Title
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Reduced damage to health and environment from energy saving: A methodology for integrated assessment applied to a case study in Hungary
(1998:13, Working paper, 1998)Environmental problems have different characteristics in terms of space and time. Noise, for instance, affects only those being close to the source, and the problem is instantly solved for these if the source is removed. ... -
Regime lessons from ocean dumping of radioactive waste
(1994:09, Working paper, 1994)Standard explanations for international environmental regime change do not account for the 1993 ban by states on ocean dumping of radioactive waste. This significant development was in large part caused by a trans-national ... -
Science-policy interaction in the global greenhouse: Institutional design and institutional performance in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
(1999:03, Working paper, 1999)Research input constitutes a key component in the development of effective international environmental regimes. Scientific knowledge is called for not only in the design of policies that are effective in terms of solving ... -
Scientific management of the environment? Science, politics and institutional design
(1994:04, Working paper, 1994)Internasjonalt miljø- og ressurssamarbeid karakteriseres av en nær kobling mellom forskning og politikk. Vitenskapelige organer for frembringelse av ny og oppdatert kunnskap utgjør som regel en integrert del av internasjonale ... -
Shaming and Framing: Norwegian Nongovernmental Organizations in the Climate Change Negotiations
(2004:09, Working paper, 2004)This paper discusses the strategies chosen by Norwegian-based environmental non-governmental organizations(ENGOs) and their international allies in the Climate Action Network (CAN) in seeking to influence Norway’s behaviour ... -
Should developing countries take on binding commitments in a climate agreement? A cost-benefit analysis
(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 ... -
Social benefits of energy conservation in Hungary: An examination of alternative methods of evaluation
(1997:10, Working paper, 1997)This study aims at comparing alternative methods for a valuation of the social benefits of less air pollution. Estimates of such benefits can be based either on the economic consequences of less damage associated with ... -
Sosioøkonomiske virkninger av klimaendringer: Metoder for å anslå virkninger på aggregert nivå
(2003:05, Working paper, 2003)I denne rapporten drøftes metoder for å beregne samfunnsøkonomiske virkninger av klimaendringer med eksempler fra Hordaland fylke. Utgangspunktet for beregningene er anslag over klimaendringer fra RegClim prosjektet. Med ... -
Sources of energy and the environment
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Sovereign Wealth Funds as a New Instrument of Climate Protection Policy? A Case Study of Norway as a Pioneer of Ethical Guidelines for Investment Policy
(2008:03, Working paper, 2008)Norway’s abundance of natural resources is the deciding factor in explaining how the north European state ranks among countries worldwide with the highest standard of living. A sovereign wealth fund was established in 1990 ... -
State dependent pollution control and the choice of policy instruments
(1994:08, Working paper, 1994)The paper examines the role of policy instruments aiming at the control of environmental problems. If there is a complex relationship between economic activities and environmental effects, the use of indirect economic ... -
Strategies for controlling pollution from vehicular emissions in Beijing
(2002:04, Working paper, 2002)This paper describes the severe situation of vehicular emission pollution in Beijing, and discusses the following mitigation strategies: improving fuel quality, controlling the exhaust from new vehicles, controlling the ... -
Structure and agent in scientific diplomacy: Institutional design and leadership performance in the science-politics interface of climate change
(1994:14, Working paper, 1994)Science constitutes a central component in international environmental policy-making. Scientific advisory bodies have increasingly become integral parts of negotiating efforts to combat common environmental problems. Still, ... -
Sub-Sahara Africa: Energy and environmental challenges
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Taxing greenhouse gas emissions: The case of the energy intensive and petroleum industries in Norway.
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The Commission as policy-maker: The need to venture beyond state-centric integration theory
(1995:05, Working paper, 1995)This article criticizes Andrew Moravcsik´s model of two-level states-EU interaction on three counts: it neglects EU actors, assumes the primacy of state actors, and further assumes that interests are formed prior to policy ... -
The concept of regime "effectiveness"
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The cost of sectoral differentiation: The case of the EU emissions trading scheme
(2004:08, Working paper, 2004)It is often assumed in the economic literature that the Kyoto Protocol will be implemented through a cost-efficient, comprehensive emissions trading system. However, the general experience from implementation of environmental ... -
The design of a tradeable CO2-quota system under market imperfections
(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 ...