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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. ...
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, ...
Exploitation of soil biota ecosystem services in agriculture: a bioeconomic approach
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-02-02)
This paper analyzes the interactions between soil biota and agricultural practices in the exploitation of soil ecosystem services. A theoretical bioeconomic model stylized this set of interactions and combined a production ...
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 ...
Climate Change, Responsibilities, and Defeatism and Complacency
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-12-12)
Paradoxically, knowledge of the increasing certainty about climate change, and of the severe consequences of this phenomenon for large portions of the world population, may lead individuals and communities to fall into a ...
Effects of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Germany on European Electricity Exchange and Welfare
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-06-06)
In the course of European efforts to mitigate global warming, the application of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies is discussed as a potential option. Some political opposition was raised – inter alia ...
Implications of governance structures on urban climate action: evidence from Italy and Spain
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-03-26)
Cities are widely recognised as being pivotal to fight climate change. Cities magnify the drivers of climate change, experience the impacts and also concentrate the highest room for action. Given the 70% of the global ...
New climate scenario framework implementation in the GCAM integrated assessment model
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-08-27)
This report has various objectives: (i) to provide an overview of the climate Integrated Assessment approach; (ii) to describe the Global Climate Assessment Model (GCAM); (iii) to outline the new IPCC scenario framework ...
A dynamic CGE modelling approach for analyzing trade-offs in climate change policy options: the case of Green Climate Fund
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-09-08)
We investigate the trade-offs between economic growth and low carbon targets for developing and developed countries in the period up to 2035. Policy options are evaluated with an original version of the dynamic CGE model ...
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 ...