Swiss Policy Options To Curb CO2 Emissions: Insights From GEM-E3 Switzerland

2002 ◽  
pp. 121-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Bahn
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Policy Options

Transport sector CO2 emissions growth in Asia: Underlying factors and policy options

Energy Policy ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 4523-4539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Govinda R. Timilsina ◽  
Ashish Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Policy Options

U.S. Policy Options toward the Philippines

Asian Survey ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-441
Author(s):  
Peter Bacho
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Policy Options

Uneven Decoupling

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan P. Thombs ◽  
Xiaorui Huang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Ecological Modernization ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
Treadmill Of Production ◽  
Global North ◽  
Organization Of Production ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

The macro-comparative decoupling literature has often sought to test the arguments made by the treadmill of production (TP) and ecological modernization (EM) theories. However, due to data limitations, these studies have been limited to analyzing the years after 1960. Given that both theories discuss historical processes operating before 1960, analyzing pre-1960 data is warranted to more comprehensively test the propositions made by both theories. We assess the long-term relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions from 1870 to 2014 using a sample of global North nations. We use Prais-Winsten regression models with time interactions to assess whether, when, and how much CO2 emissions have decoupled from economic growth over time. We find that significant relative decoupling has occurred twice since 1870: during the last 30 years of the nineteenth century, the timing of which is contrary to what both the EM and TP theories might expect, and after 1970. We also observe that the relationship remained relatively stable from the turn of the twentieth century to approximately 1970, which aligns with the arguments made by the classical TP work. We conclude that shifts in the global organization of production have shaped the magnitude of the economic growth–CO2 emissions relationship and its changes over time, which has implications for climate mitigation policy.

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