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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 ...
Warsaw Conference: “Small steps forward while awaiting major decisions at the 2015 Paris Conference”
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-12-20)
Consensus was reached on the text on which the future global agreement in Paris 2015 on cutting emissions will be based. The countries will have to explain by means of biannual reports from 2014 onwards how they are going ...
Effects of international trade of food and feed and human diet shifts on food security and environmental safety: integrating scales
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-12-16)
*International trade of food and feed (expressed as protein content) has increased eightfold during the last 50 years. Nowadays a small number of countries are feeding the rest of the world. Population growth but also a ...
The basque ecological debt: global socioecological impacts of a small open economy
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-08-08)
Globalisation of the world economy has increased the material and en-ergy flows around the planet raising the pressure over the environment. In this context, it becomes critical to better understand the links between current ...
Evaluation of two alternative carbon capture and storage technologies
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-05-16)
* Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is one of the technologies for fighting climate change in the future. The use of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) paired with storage in deep saline formations (DSF) could ...
Which policy option can be more cost-effective in promoting the use of energy efficient appliances in Europe? A comparison of energy taxes, subsidies, tax credits and bans.
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-07-05)
BC3 Basque Centre for climate change – Klima aldaketa ikergai. The BC3 is a Research Centre based in the Basque Country, which aims at contributing to long term research on the causes and consequences of Climate Change.
IPCC WGII Fifth Assessment Report (AR5): Expanding the solution space for adaptation
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-04-25)
The IPCC Report shows increasing confidence of current impacts of anthropogenic climate change, including migration of species in oceans and diminishing crop yields. *Adaptation is widely occurring and has become the central ...
Is the current EU climate instrument mix adequate?
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-09-24)
The EU is on track to meet the 2020 targets for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and renewable energy. However, climate policies have not been the main drivers of emission reductions but the economic crisis. *The price ...
The adoption of ecosystem-based adaptation in the international climate agenda
(Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-05-02)
There is a growing recognition of the role that healthy ecosystems play in helping people to adapt to climate change through the delivery of ecosystem services. • Ecosystem-based Adaptation promotes the sustainable use of ...