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Implementing China's Agenda 21: From national strategy to local actions
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:04, Working paper, 1998)The paper analyzes the process of adaptation of the Chinese governmental policy in response to sustainable development. It reviews the historical roots, from which response to sustainable development arises. Through ... -
Wind energy development and dissemination in China: Prospects and constraints in an institutional context
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:07, Working paper, 1998)This study is intended to provide a better understanding of the functional roles and dynamics of institutions in determining the effectiveness of national and regional public-sector initiatives to promote the dissemination ... -
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 ... -
Nasjonal klimapolitikk i lys av Kyoto-protokollen
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:12, Working paper, 1998)Artikkelen drøfter valg og dosering av klimapolitiske tiltak på den nasjonale arena i et land som er bundet av en utslippsforpliktelse i Kyoto-protokollen. Den vanlige antakelsen om at en klimagassavgift skal være lik ... -
Kyoto-avtalen: Hva kan Norge gjøre?
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Climate policy, asymmetric information and firm survival
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:10, Working paper, 1998)The purpose of this paper is to compare the effect of different domestic climate policy instruments under asymmetric information when the regulator wants to secure the survival of a specific firm. It is a well-known result ... -
Distribution of emission costs under different regulation schemes in Norway
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:08, Working paper, 1998)The main aim of this paper is to describe how today's carbon dioxide (CO2) tax scheme affects the various sectors of the Norwegian economy. Furthermore, we want to illuminate some possible distributive consequences that ... -
Kjøp og salg av klimagasskvoter: Noen mulige konsekvenser av Kyoto-protokollen
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An economic approach to the analysis of country interests and positions in climate negotiations
(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 ... -
Reduced damage to health and environment from energy saving: A methodology for integrated assessment applied to a case study in Hungary
(CICERO Working Paper;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. ... -
Climate change: Some elements from the scientific background and the scientific process
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:11, Working paper, 1998)Concluding remarks: On the nature of the climate problem The problem of climate change is not, despite popular conception, mainly a problem of increased global average temperature. The seriousness of the problem is more ... -
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 ... -
NOx emissions from aircraft: Effects of lightning and convection on changes in tropospheric ozone
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:05, Working paper, 1998)A global 3-dimensional chemical tracer model (CTM) has been used to study the impact on tropospheric ozone caused by NOx emissions from today’s fleet of subsonic aircraft (0.52 Tg(N)/yr), due to uncertainties in sources ... -
Can multi-criteria rules fairly distribute climate burdens? OECD results from three burden-sharing rules
(CICERO Working Paper;1998:06, Working paper, 1998)An important feature of the Protocol concluded in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997 is the differentiation of the climate targets of the industrialized countries. A more systematic approach to burden sharing than that leading ... -
Institutional dynamics and barriers in wind energy development: A case study of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, India
(CICERO Working Paper;1999:04, Working paper, 1999)Tamil Nadu state had 719 MW of windfarm capacity by September 1998 out of the country’s total figure of 992 MW, while Andhra Pradesh had 58 MW installed capacity. 1995-96 saw a boom when 282 MW windfarms were set up in ... -
A comparison of taxes and tradable permits in national climate policy
(CICERO Working Paper;1999:08, Working paper, 1999)This article discusses domestic climate policy design in a country that has made a binding commitment to the Kyoto Protocol but at the same time want to limit the number of industry shutdowns that follows from the policy. ... -
Kostnadseffektiv klimapolitikk med doble gevinster
(CICERO Working Paper;1999:06, Working paper, 1999)Publikajsonen drøfter valg og dosering av klimapolitiske tiltak i et land som er bundet av en utslippsforpliktelse i Kyotoprotokollen, men samtidig tar hensyn til en offentlig budsjettbetingelse. Antakelsen om at en ... -
Project definition and introduction to some key concepts and issues
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Burden differentiation of greenhouse gas abatement: Fairness principles and proposals
(CICERO Working Paper;1999:13, Working paper, 1999)This report is the second working paper of the joint CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo) and ECN (Netherlands Energy Research Foundation) project ‘Rules for Burden Differentiation of ... -
Metodar for å samanlikne utslepp av klimagassar: GWP-konseptet og alternative metodar
(CICERO Working Paper;1999:11, Working paper, 1999)I denne publikasjonen har vi søkt å presentere ulike metodar for å samanlikne effekten av utslepp av klimagassar. Det globale oppvarmingspotensialet (GWP) er utvikla av FN sitt klimapanel (IPCC) til dette formålet. Dette ...