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Sosioøkonomiske virkninger av klimaendringer: Metoder for å anslå virkninger på aggregert nivå
(CICERO Working Paper;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
(CICERO Working Paper;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
(CICERO Working Paper;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
(CICERO Working Paper;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
(CICERO Working Paper;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
(CICERO Working Paper;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
(CICERO Working Paper;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
(CICERO Working Paper;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 ... -
The development of environmental policy-making in Hungary: The role of the EC
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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 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 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 ...