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Should I offset or should I plough? : voluntary carbon offsets and ETS in an evolutionary model

Companies with high emissions can offset their climate impact by participating in emission reduction projects through voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in several countries. Firms...

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Matteo Mazzarano Simone Borghesi MR SV
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The regulatory framework for independent aggregators
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A framework for electricity grid data exchange and reuse for AI foundation models : reflections on five implementation aspects
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Annual Conference Policy Brief now available

Oct 19, 2017
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The FSR Communications & Media is pleased to inform that the 2017 Annual Conference Policy Brief by Paula Gori, Silvia Solidoro and Maria Luisa Stasi is now available. Read more here.

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