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discussions about binding emission limits. China is one of the key players in that context. However, beyond the imperative of … effectively implemented. In fact, with respect to China, it is not all clear that existing governance structures are presently … mitigating China's greenhouse gas emissions. After reviewing China's significance to the problem, the essay examines the National …
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China, conducted via an analysis of the study’s available literature and through the support of international data, this … article mainly focuses on the concept of energy security, itself. Under the second section, based on the examination of China … order to strengthen environmental protection in China, it is crucial to reform the highly inefficient and strictly regulated …
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Global governance institutions for climate change, such as those established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, have so far failed to make a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Following the lead of Elinor Ostrom, this paper offers an...
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of trade with China became less friendly. Today, GDP in North Korea is reportedly lower than in 1990, notwithstanding a …
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Instruments chosen to pursue climate related targets are not always efficient. In this paper we consider an economy with three climate related targets for its electricity generation: a given share of "green" electricity, a given expansion of "green" electricity, and a given reduction of "black"...
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The United States has long suffered from a schizophrenia about energy policy. The importance of one of the factors in energy policy, the environment, has never been formally defined. Climate change adds another distinct layer to this complexity, as neither energy policies nor environmental...
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To provide a model for assessing the current and likely responses to climate change risks, this Article considers two of worst flood disasters in American history and applies the same rationale to critical climate change issues facing the nation today. After providing a background on climate...
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The integration of climate policy concerns in other policy areas, where decisions are taken that determine greenhouse gas emissions, is a prerequisite for effectively mitigating climate change. There are particularly strong interlinkages between energy policy and climate policy as the major part...
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The European Union (EU) has redefined the energy sphere in Europe over the last three decades. Transnational policies targeting liberalization and integration, energy efficiency, renewables, carbon pricing, and energy security have led to major steps forward in terms of a more secure,...
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The effects of climate change on the world's cities and the people who live in them is not a matter that has received a great deal of attention. The effects of climate change tend to get considered in continental or regional terms – melting ice caps, agricultural crop losses across vast swaths...
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