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Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa
African countries face a dual challenge of building broad-based prosperity for their citizens amidst the threat of climate change. The research has typically considered them separately. This paper reviews the state of the knowledge on energy transition modeling and projections in Africa, with special attention to the development imperatives and the commitment to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. We analyzed 156 peer reviewed research papers that cover part or the whole of Africa, concerned with the issue of the energy transition, and that are model-based or scenario-based. Our analysis reveals among other things that i) Energy transition modeling is a recent but fast-growing phenomenon i...
Tailored Interventions in a Major Life Decision
Major life decisions such as the choice of housing and its characteristics have significant implications for a household and its energy consumption because they alter structural aspects of energy demand. Energy policy interventions targeting these decisions can therefore have a long-lasting impact. To assess non-monetary policy instruments as incentives for energy-conserving housing choices we implement a discrete choice experiment with a representative sample of Swiss households. The purpose of this paper is the investigation of behavioural differences across households in reaction to social norms and energy-related information. To this end, we distinguish different types of households with a segmentation approach useful for policy makers. Our study provides insights for the question whether the tailoring of non-monetary measures can contribute to a more effective policy design compared to a one-size-fits-all approach. Estimating panel mixed logit models, we find treatment effects to significantly differ across household segments as well as with the baseline energy consumption. The evident treatment heterogeneity suggests a targeted approach for non-monetary interventions.
Green Technology Transitions with an Endogenous Market Structure
The transition to a green technology is central to environmental policy. During such a transition, technology and market structure often change simultaneously, as firms developing the new technology enter the market of incumbents supplying the old one. This leads to the questions how technological change and market changes interact and at which stage of the technology transition incumbents or newcomers are more likely to drive the technology transition. We advance a model that describes this co-evolution of technology and market. Our results show that this co-evolution induces substantial market failures. The transition might be blocked by an incumbent protecting the old technology and, even...
Climate and Energy Protection in the EU and China
This edited volume gives an insight into climate and energy protection in China and the European Union (EU). By taking a closer look at the EU and China seperately, the book presents the current situation in terms of environmental policy and energy use/ consumption in EU as well as in China. The book broaches the collaboration of the EU and China regarding climate and energy protection. The target audience primarily comprises research experts in the field of climate research as well as public decision makers.
Optimal Mix of Policy Instruments and Green Technology Transitions
Green innovation is a key element in fighting climate change. But there are several challenges that need to be addressed in managing a green technology transition, both in terms of interacting market failures (environmental externality, public good nature of innovation, strategic behaviour of incumbents protecting an emission-intensive technology) and as the structure of the technology market (whether the new technology is offered by a monopolistic incumbent or whether there is some competition induced by market entrants) will evolve throughout the transition. In this paper, we investigate the question what constitutes the optimal policy at different stages of the technology transition and f...
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La transition énergétique
La transition vers les énergies renouvelables implique deux types de préoccupations environnementales. Les combustibles fossiles sont épuisables et leur utilisation génère des externalités négatives à travers des dommages environnementaux irréversibles. En outre, il existe des possibilités de synergies entre les mesures d'efficacité énergétique et l'adoption de l'énergie renouvelable dans la mesure où les premières réduisent la demande d'énergie de sorte que la dernière puisse commencer à réduire les émissions futures de gaz à effet de serre. L'objectif principal de cette thèse est d'analyser la transition énergétique optimale dans un contexte de survenance certaine...
