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The Sustainability of `Sustainable´ Energy Use: Historical Evidence on the Relationship between Economic Growth and Renewable Energy
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-07-13)Understandably, focus on a transition to a low carbon economy has overshadowed what happens when the transition has been completed. This paper tries to offer lessons about the very long run aspects of a future economy ... -
The Uniform World Model: A Methodology for Predicting the Health Impacts of Air Pollution
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-12-12)Throughout history, technological development and economic growth has led to greater prosperity and overall standard of living for many people in society. However, along with the benefits of economic development comes the ... -
The use of “Bonus-Malus” schemes for promoting energy-efficient household appliances: a case study for Spain
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-09-22)Subsidies to promote the purchase of energy-efficient household appliances have been extensively used in many countries. This paper deals with the case of the Spanish rebate scheme, and proposes the use of both subsidies ... -
Time and tide wait for no man: pioneers and laggards in the deployment of CCS
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-09-25)In Europe the ambitions of individual countries to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are diverse. Reasons for this are, amongst other things, the heterogeneity of national electricity generation systems ... -
Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Quantifying and Mapping Ecosystem Services Flows
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-08-08)Recent ecosystem services research has highlighted the importance of spatial connectivity between ecosystems and their beneficiaries. Despite this need, a systematic approach to ecosystem service flow quantification has ... -
Towards a participatory integrated assessment approach for planning and managing Natura 2000 network sites
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-10)Managing protected areas implies dealing with complex social-ecological systems where multiple dimensions (social, institutional, economic and ecological) interact over time for the delivery of ecosystem services. ... -
Trends in Income and Price Elasticities of Transport Demand (1850-2010)
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-02-24)The purpose of this paper is to estimate trends in income and price elasticities and to offer insights for the future growth in transport use, with particular emphasis on the impact of energy and technological transitions. ... -
Understanding Public Support for Externality-Correcting Taxes and Subsidies: A Lab Experiment
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-01-01)The potential of taxation to correcting environmental externalities has been long recognized among economists. Yet, this welfare-enhancing policy commonly faces strong opposition by citizens. Conversely, externality-correcting ... -
Valuation of wind energy projects: A real options approach
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-10)This paper addresses the valuation of an operating wind farm and the …nite-lived option to invest in such a farm under di¤erent reward and/or support schemes. They range from a feed-in tari¤ to a premium on top of ... -
Weighting social preferences in participatory multi-criteria evaluations: a case study on sustainable natural resource management
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-08-23)The use of multi-criteria evaluation tools in combination with participatory approaches provides a promising framework for integrating multiple interests and perspectives in the effort to provide sustainability. However, ...