Essays about: "carbon price climate change"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words carbon price climate change.
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1. Taking Climate into Account - Carbon Management Tools for Investment Decisions and Progress Tracking at an Energy Company
University essay from Lunds universitet/InnovationsteknikAbstract : Background: Climate change is becoming a more urgent issue, where global agreements and regulations are putting pressure on companies to calculate and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions to combat the problem. Other driving forces of carbon disclosure for companies include social, economic, and financial pressure, as well as firm specific internal factors. READ MORE
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2. Decentralizing electricity generation in Cuba : Implementation of a microgrid in the sugar mil lCarlos Baliño
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Cuba has a long history of different dependencies and is a country facing many energy challenges, and therefore seeks to diversify its energy sources and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. The purpose of this degree project is therefore to conceptualize a microgrid based on renewable energy sources for local energy sustainability at the lowest cost possible. READ MORE
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3. Process and techno-economic analysis of a compact CO2 capture technology
University essay from KTH/EnergiprocesserAbstract : Den stora oron för de ökade växthusutsläppen och klimatförändringas effekter har uppmuntrat utvecklingen av åtgärder för att motverka de negativa konsekvenserna. En av de tekniker som har uppmärksammats under de senaste decennierna är kolavskiljningstekniken. READ MORE
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4. Has the EU ETS been efficient in reducing carbon dioxide emissions without harming firm revenue?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The increasing urgency of climate change has raised the need for effective climate policy. The European Union emissions trading system (EU ETS) is the world’s first and largest ‘cap and trade’ policy which aims at reducing carbon dioxide emissions at the most cost-efficient allocation. READ MORE
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5. Could Tax Incidence Help Explain the Yellow Vest Movement? Evidence from France on tax incidence and heterogeneous effects of carbon and fuel taxation along the rural-urban spectrum
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : There is a general consensus amongst economists that taxing carbon emissions is an efficient policy tool for combating climate change. To fully understand the thorny issues surrounding the political economy and distributional effects of carbon taxation, more attention should be paid to the rural-urban dimension. READ MORE