OECD. This book is available to RFFers through OECD iLibrary. Our user ID and password are available on the library’s landing page, top left. http://www.oecdilibrary.org/oecd/content/book/9789264072916-en [Abstract] What impact has globalisation had on transport? And what have been the consequences for the environment? This book aims to answer these questions and more. It looks in detail … Continue reading »
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Eco-Innovation in Industry : Enabling Green Growth
OECD. This book is available to RFFers on OECD iLibrary. Username and password are on the library’s landing page on the top left. http://www.oecdilibrary.org/oecd/content/book/9789264077225-en [Abstract] Eco-innovation will be a key driver of industry efforts to tackle climate change and realise “green growth” in the post-Kyoto era. Eco-innovation calls for faster introduction of breakthrough technologies and … Continue reading »
Sustainable Production of Second Generation Biofuels : Potential and Perspectives in Major Economies and Developing Countries
International Energy Agency / by Anselm Eisentraut http://www.iea.org/papers/2010/second_generation_biofuels.pdf Second-generation biofuels can play a crucial role in the transport sector says Sustainable Production of Second-Generation Biofuels.
The Taxation of Motor Fuel : International Comparison
World Bank / by Eduardo Ley and Jessica Boccardo (Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 5212) http://tinyurl.com/yzxghzn [Summary] This paper assesses whether the level of taxation of motor fuel is broadly appropriate in a group of countries (OECD, BRICs and South Africa) accounting for more than 80 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions. The … Continue reading »
The Economics of Renewable Energy Expansion in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank / by Uwe Deichmann, Craig Meisner, Siobhan Murray and David Wheeler (Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 5193) http://tinyurl.com/yfzlk4e [Summary] Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity — currently reaching only about one-third of households. This paper explores how essential economic development might be reconciled with … Continue reading »
A Note on the Economic Cost of Climate Change and the Rationale to Limit it Below 2°C
World Bank / by Stephane Hallegatte, Patrice Dumas and Jean-Charles Hourcade (Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 5179) http://tinyurl.com/yl95cb2 [Summary] This note highlights a major reason to limit climate change to the lowest possible levels. This reason follows from the large increase in uncertainty associated with high levels of warming. This uncertainty arises from … Continue reading »
Taxes and Caps as Climate Policy Instruments with Domestic and Imported Fuels
World Bank / by Jon Strand (Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 5171) http://tinyurl.com/yzynr5z [Summary] This paper develops a global model of climate policy, focusing on the choice between tax and cap-and-trade solutions. The analysis assumes that the world can be split into two regions, with two fuels that both lead to carbon emissions. … Continue reading »
Social Impacts of Climate Change in Chile : a Municipal Level Analysis of the Effects of Recent and Future Climate Change on Human Development and Inequality
World Bank / by Lykke E. Andersen and Dorte Verner (Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 5170) http://tinyurl.com/yg25hlv [Summary] This paper uses municipality level data to estimate the general relationship between climate, income, and life expectancy in Chile. The analysis finds that incomes are negatively related to temperature, while life expectancy is not significantly … Continue reading »
Contrasting Future Paths for an Evolving Global Climate Regime
World Bank / by Scott Barrett and Michael Toman (Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 5164) http://tinyurl.com/y872kwn [Summary] This paper explores two different conceptions of how an emerging climate regime might evolve to strengthen incentives for more vigorous cooperation in mitigating global climate change. One is the paradigm that has figured most prominently in … Continue reading »
“Green Stimulus,” Economic Recovery, and Long-term Sustainable Development
World Bank / by Jon Strand and Michael Toman (Policy Research Working Paper ; no. WPS 5163) http://tinyurl.com/y9lgt7a [Summary] This paper discusses short-run and long-run effects of “green stimulus” efforts, and compares these effects with “non-green” fiscal stimuli. Green stimulus is defined here as short-run fiscal stimuli that also serve a “green” or environmental purpose … Continue reading »
