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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Emissions Trading Scheme"”.
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Real Options Analysis of Carbon Forestry Under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
… change legislation called the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS), designed to create a carbon price in the economy. Under the NZETS, new forests planted on and after 1st January 1990 (known as post-1989 forests) are eligible to earn carbon credits and sell them domestically and …
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A Brazilian Emissions Trading Scheme: modelling a legal framework to secure its environmental integrity and ensuring effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
… emitters of CO2. However, given its unique emissions profile, which results from its high proportion of land-use related emissions together with the potential availability of renewable energy sources, Brazil possesses enormous potential to reduce its CO2 emissions and transit to a low-carbon …
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Personal carbon emissions trading : an experimental analysis
… was conducted that simulated a personal emissions trading scheme.
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The EU ETS: A Critical Analysis
… with many centered around the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. As such, a critical analysis of the EU ETS & its effectiveness is crucial to assess whether the EU carbon market is an effective mechanism to achieve climate stabilization. The effectiveness of the overall program was …
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CO2 Market Design and Operation.
… operation of the Kyoto Protocol, the European Emissions Trading Scheme and the United Kingdom's Carbon Reduction Commitment. The case studies were developed through participant observation between October 2006 and June 2010. The research developed a conceptual framework for the study of CO2 …
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Market-based approach for improving ship air emissions
… approaches are for the reduction of ship air emissions, particularly CO2. Furthermore, the study also considered which types of market-based tools may be available for application to the shipping industry. This project was not intended to design or optimize a system for the maritime community. …
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Impact of European Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) on carbon emissions and investment decisions in the power sector
This masters thesis assesses the impact of a emissions trading on short-term carbon abatement and investment decisions in the power sector. Environmental benefits from carbon abatement due to emissions trading are quantified using top-down trend analysis and a bottom-up power sector model …
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The bunkering industry and its effect on shipping tanker operations
… of fuel oil quality or the loaded quantity. Ship emissions to air are a concern of IMO and recently the European Union, as the shipping industry contrary to land-based industries is not yet subject to any regulations to reduce emissions. Sulphur oxides are targeted as they depend on the sulphur …
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All fired-up about coal : technology & policy recommendations for the 2030 United Kingdom energy strategy
Given United Kingdom (UK) carbon dioxide emissions policies that direct attention at the electricity segment, the focus is on the largest electricity polluter, coal, and the immediately pressing issue of UK coal policy. There is also some consideration of overall energy systems impacts. Coal is an …
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Decarbonizing the European electricity sector
… The low CO2 price established by the European Emissions Trading Scheme is insufficient to induce a fuel switch in the medium term. Therefore, supplementary national measures are necessary to reduce coal-based power generation; i.a. feed-in tariffs for RES, minimum CO2 prices, or emissions …
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A Dynamic Spatial Microsimulation Model for Irish Agricultural Emissions
… a spatially disaggregated profile of resultant emissions. Following the establishment of a baseline spatial agricultural emissions inventory, a dynamic microsimulation model is developed and is used to simulate agricultural activity forward in time to provide an estimation of future emissions …
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Structures et fonctionnements des marchés du carbone
… in the theoretical and actual functioning of the emissions trading systems resulting from the coming into force of the Kyoto protocol in 2005 and the implementation of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in 2002. The first part of the work is devoted to a literature-based analysis …
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Jungtinių Tautų ir Europos Sąjungos teisinės priemonės sprendžiant klimato kaitos problemas /
… commitment by developed countries to reduce emissions could solve the problem of climate change. The Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCCC was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997. The major distinction between the two, however, is that while the UNFCCC encouraged developed countries to …
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Privileged actors in environmental policymaking: the historical development of the aviation industry in the UK
… in tax breaks for fuel, delayed entry into the emissions trading scheme and continuing ability to secure permission for new airport development, all in the face of fierce opposition. However, the existing literature fails to adequately empiricise or explain the precise mechanisms behind its …
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Climate policy and the airline industry : emissions trading and renewable jet fuel
… thesis, I assess the impact of the current EU Emissions Trading Scheme and a hypothetical renewable jet fuel mandate on US airlines. I find that both the EU Scheme up until 2020 and a renewable jet fuel mandate of 1 bn gallons per year from 2018 to 2022 would have a small impact on US airlines …
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O mercado de direitos de emissão de CO₂: um estudo experimental
… de emissão de CO2 (EU ETS – European Union Emissions Trading Scheme) constitui exemplo de aplicação do instrumento de política ambiental preconizado por Dales (1968) e Montgomery (1972) e possui um carácter inovador e uma dimensão incomparável a qualquer outra aplicação anterior, sobretudo …
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Three papers in regional economics: energy productivity convergence, water resource planning, and workforce occupation-industry dynamics
… emission under the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). It also affirms that trade does appear to aid technology transfer and therefore promoting trade between advanced countries and less developed countries becomes necessary. The second paper (chapter 3) intends to …