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Energy development and environmental NGOs: The Asian perspective
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:03, Working paper, 1998)In summary, Asian NGOs play an important role in international and national energy and environmental activities. Their increasing presence in the world political arena has helped, in one way or another, reshape agendas of ... -
Energy Market Impacts of Nuclear Power Phase-Out Policies
(CICERO Working Paper;2013:01, Working paper, 2013)After the Fukushima disaster in March 2011 safety concerns have escalated and policies towards nuclear power are being reconsidered in several countries. This article presents a study of the effect of nuclear power phase-out ... -
Enforcing the climate regime: Game theory and the Marrakesh Accords
(CICERO Working Paper;2002:06, Working paper, 2002)This article reviews basic insights about compliance and “hard” enforcement that can be derived from various non-cooperative equilibrium concepts, and evaluates the Marrakesh Accords in light of these insights. Five different ... -
Environmental reforms in Brazilian Amazonia under Collor and Sarney: Explaining some contrasts
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Estimates of future climate based on SRES emission scenarios
(CICERO Working Paper;2000:04, Working paper, 2000)The preliminary emission scenarios in the Special Report on Emission Scenario (SRES) developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will eventually replace the old IS92 scenarios. By running these ... -
Estimating and managing uncertainties in order to detect terrestrial greenhouse gas removals
(CICERO Working Paper;2002:07, Working paper, 2002)Inventories of emissions and removals of greenhouse gases will be used under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and under the Kyoto protocol to demonstrate compliance with obligations. During the ... -
Evaluation of uncertain projects under Joint Implementation
(CICERO Working Paper;1994:11, Working paper, 1994)Joint implementation of the Framework Convention for Climate Change means that countries may be credited emission reductions that they finance abroad in order to reduce costs. This paper discusses the aspect of uncertainty ... -
Exploring the notion of political feasibility in environmental policy
(CICERO Working Paper;2007:03, Working paper, 2007)This essay explores the notion of political feasibility in environmental policy with an aim to develop an analytical approach that incorporates key aspects from both economics and political science. It assesses some of the ... -
Extending the two-level metaphor to the European Union: The problem of conceptualization
(CICERO Working Paper;1994:02, Working paper, 1994)In this paper a major conceptual problem in integration theory, viz. the lack of a conceptualization of the role of the EU in contemporary research, is addressed. This is an acute problem as one increasingly employs a ... -
"Friedheim in the Greenhouse": Tracing key positions of key actors on key climate issues
(CICERO Working Paper;1997:11, Working paper, 1997)The climate negotiation process is probably the most complex international environmental negotiation process to date. A high number of actors and issues are involved. In order to increase the understanding of the political ... -
From non-market support to cost-competitive incentives: Wind energy commercialization in China
(CICERO Working Paper;2000:03, Working paper, 2000)This paper presents an overview of the development of wind energy in China. By examining the economics of windfarm development, it compares the economics of wind technology with other conventional energy technologies and ... -
From the Kyoto Protocol to the fossil fuel market: A model analysis
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:09, Working paper, 1998)Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol will change the energy markets. The resulting price shifts will represent important terms-of-trade changes. The paper explores how the different countries’ relationship to the fossil ... -
Føre var-prinsippet som rasjonelt beslutningskriterium
(CICERO Working Paper;2001:13, Working paper, 2001)Notatet spør om føre var-prinsippet kan betraktes som et rasjonelt beslutningskriterium. Forfatteren fokuserer på i alt seks uavklarte spørsmål: 1. Representerer prinsippet et bestemt sett av politiske handlingsalternativer, ... -
Globalization of the automobile industry in China: Dynamics and barriers in the greening of road transportation
(CICERO Working Paper;2001:09, Working paper, 2001)This article describes the state of the automobile industry and urban road transportation management in China. It reviews how the automobile industry is evolving to respond to challenges in economic development, environmental ... -
Green Electricity Market Development in the United States: Policy Analysis and Case Studies
(CICERO Working Paper;2004:02, Working paper, 2004)This paper reviews green electricity development in the United States, focusing on policies that have been enacted to promote green electricity. Green power is a term that refers to electricity generated from particular ... -
Green electricity policy in the Netherlands: An analysis of policy decisions
(CICERO Working Paper;2003:08, Working paper, 2003)Over the last decades, fundamental changes in both market conditions and the national and international policy framework in the Netherlands can be observed. The Dutch Government has intervened in markets regularly, ... -
Greenhouse gas economics and computable general equilibrium
(CICERO Working Paper;1994:05, 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 ... -
Group size effects in two repeated game models of a global climate agreement
(CICERO Working Paper;2002:05, Working paper, 2002)What levels of total abatement can one hope for in a global climate agreement? Some potential answers to this question are provided by game theory. This working paper contains a critical discussion of two (prominent) game ... -
Identifying and selecting significant, less significant and insignificant actors in global climate change negotiations
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Impacts of reduced NOx emissions on radiative forcing through changes in tropospheric O3 and CH4: A global 3-D model study
(CICERO Working Paper;1997:01, Working paper, 1997)A three-dimensional global chemical tracer model and a radiation transfer model have been used to study the role of reduced NOx emissions on radiative forcing. Through production of tropospheric O3, NOx emissions lead to ...