The paper presents the methodology for monitoring and evaluating the efficiency of current environmental protection expenditures of municipalities developed within the project of Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic. The methodology has been approved as the voluntary environmental tool...

This paper investigates the causal effect of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on pollution abatement investments, relying on firm-level panel data from the French manufacturing industry between 2001 and 2016. First, I find that regulated firms increased their investments...

The green transition of the EU economy will require substantial investment to 2030 and beyond. Estimates of green investment needs vary between institutions and are surrounded by high uncertainty, but they all point to a requirement for faster and more ambitious action. Green investment will...

Using evidence from the EU emissions trading system, we collect verified emissions of close to 4000 highly polluting and mostly non-listed firms responsible for 26% of EU's emissions. Over the period 2013-2019, we find a non-linear relationship between leverage and emissions. A firm with higher...

Der Bericht untersucht die Kompatibilität eines Emmissionshandels mit ordnungsrechtlichen und ökonomischen Instrumenten des Klimaschutzes. Es wird auch der Richtlinien-Vorschlag der Europäischen Kommission über ein System für den Handel mit Treibhausgasemissionsberechtigungen in der...

Der Bericht untersucht die Kompatibilität eines Emmissionshandels mit ordnungsrechtlichen und ökonomischen Instrumenten des Klimaschutzes. Es wird auch der Richtlinien-Vorschlag der Europäischen Kommission über ein System für den Handel mit Treibhausgasemissionsberechtigungen in der...

Hydraulic fracturing has been the subject of much debate recently, both in the United States and increasingly in Europe. Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have led to a shale gas boom in the United States, significantly lowering natural gas prices, and causing some foreign businesses...

The aim of the study was to assess the current development of the agricultural biogas industry in Poland and to indicate the key factors determining the possibility of popularizing this category of renewable energy in the coming years. The article is based on secondary data. The study uses...