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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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Frontiers in the economics of energy efficiency

Issue Date: 2015
Date Accessioned: 09 Mar 2016

Energy efficiency has become an essential instrument to obtain effective greenhouse gas mitigation and reduced energy dependence. This introductory article contextualizes the contributions of the supplemental issue by showing the new setting for energy efficiency economics and policy; discussing the role of price instruments to promote energy savings; presenting new approaches for energy efficiency policies; and placing energy efficiency within a wider energy and environmental framework.

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DE MIGUEL, Carlos; LABANDEIRA, Xavier; LÖSCHEL, Andreas, Frontiers in the economics of energy efficiency, Energy economics, 2015, Vol. 52, S1-S4, pp. 51-54 - hdl.handle.net

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