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Long Run Trends in the Price of Energy and Energy Services
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-11-10)
Energy prices have risen considerably since the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is valuable to place these price rises within a historical context. Many peaks preceded the price hike of 2008, and there will, no ...
Evaluating the role of energy efficiency labels in the prices of household appliances: the case of refrigerators
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-04-28)
This article uses an statisticalmethod to estimate the price premium paid for the highest energy-efficiency label (A+) in the refrigerators market of the Basque Autonomous Community (Spain). The estimated figure is 8.9% ...
Cost effectiveness of a combination of instruments for global warming: a quantitative approach for Spain
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-04-28)
There is a considerable body of research about the use and design of market instruments for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. However, discussion of the combination of instruments and their possible interactions is in ...
Lessons from History for Transitions to a Low Carbon Economy
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-01-25)
Historical experiences can provide lessons for future transitions to a low carbon economy. Although often considered a single event, the transition from traditional energy sources to fossil fuels in the United Kingdom ...
Competing Ecosystem services: an Assessment of Carbon and timber in the Tropical forests of Central America
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-01-12)
The study provides a quantitative appraisal of the carbon and timber stocks and flows of tropical (primary) forests by evaluating them simultaneously using data (physical and economical) from a number of sources. The ...
Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Conflicts in Classification
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-01-14)
Since the release of the Millennium Ecosystem Approach (MA), studies valuing ecosystem services have grown in the literature. As a consequence, different interpretations exist on the classification of services, and several ...
The Cancun Climate Summit: a Moderate Success
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-01-14)
The Cancun Summit started with the conviction that a binding agreement would not be possible and with significantly lower expectations than the previous summit in Copenhagen. If the outcome of the summit had to be defined, ...