scholarly journals The Flexible Mechanisms to Combat Climate Change: A Critical View of their Legitimacy

10.17345/1189 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa M. Fernández Egea
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Emission Trading ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Greenhouse Gases Emissions ◽  
New Business ◽  
Reduction Of Emissions ◽  
Environmental Integrity ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Equitable Treatment ◽  
Flexible Mechanisms

The Kyoto Protocol makes available the use of three economic mechanisms as a supplementary way of mitigating climate change: joint implementation, clean development mechanism and emission trading. They share the same rationale, which is to provide flexibility to achieve the compliance of the emission targets, allowing for the reduction of emissions at a minimum cost by efficiently allocating the responsibilities between agents. The new business opportunities they offer have attracted the attention of most developed and emerging countries. However, it is doubtful that they can bring an adequate solution in stabilizing and reducing greenhouse gases emissions, threatening the environmental integrity of the climate change regime (CCR); nor do they offer a fair and equitable solution to the challenges of global warming. Therefore, it is important that their use remains supplemental to the main goal of reducing and stabilizing green house gases emissions. As a matter of fact, sustainable development could only be achieved if economic efficiency is balanced with environmental integrity and equitable treatment.

scholarly journals The Flexible Mechanisms to Combat Climate Change: A Critical View of their Legitimacy

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa M. Fernández Egea
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Emission Trading ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Greenhouse Gases Emissions ◽  
New Business ◽  
Reduction Of Emissions ◽  
Environmental Integrity ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Equitable Treatment ◽  
Flexible Mechanisms

The Kyoto Protocol makes available the use of three economic mechanisms as a supplementary way of mitigating climate change: joint implementation, clean development mechanism and emission trading. They share the same rationale, which is to provide flexibility to achieve the compliance of the emission targets, allowing for the reduction of emissions at a minimum cost by efficiently allocating the responsibilities between agents. The new business opportunities they offer have attracted the attention of most developed and emerging countries. However, it is doubtful that they can bring an adequate solution in stabilizing and reducing greenhouse gases emissions, threatening the environmental integrity of the climate change regime (CCR); nor do they offer a fair and equitable solution to the challenges of global warming. Therefore, it is important that their use remains supplemental to the main goal of reducing and stabilizing green house gases emissions. As a matter of fact, sustainable development could only be achieved if economic efficiency is balanced with environmental integrity and equitable treatment.

scholarly journals The Evolution of the Emission Trading System in the EU and Italy in the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. Brief Notes on Climate Change Litigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Emissions Trading ◽  
Emission Trading ◽  
Eu Ets ◽  
Emission Trading System ◽  
Trading System ◽  
Polluter Pays Principle ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Eu Emissions Trading System ◽  
The Eu

The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is an important tool of the EU’s strategy to combat climate change, as it aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the “polluter pays” principle. The EU ETS is more effective than environment taxation that has had little application, as it is difficult to determine the amount of tax and how it should be applied to companies and consumers [1].

scholarly journals Consumer stated preferences for dairy products with carbon footprint labels in Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Canavari ◽  
Silvia Coderoni
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Consumer Response ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Greenhouse Gases Emissions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Combat Climate Change

AbstractCarbon footprint (CF) labels on agri-food products represent one of the most important tools to convey information to consumers about the greenhouse gases emissions associated with their purchase behaviour.Together with the growing interest of consumers in CF labels, the subject has gained attention also in the scientific literature, and formal evaluations of consumer response to carbon labelling have been published. Studies in this area aim at analysing consumers’ preferences for buying products with a lower CF label or their willingness to pay (WTP) for these products.The objective of this paper is twofold. First, the study proposes a review of the literature that so far has analysed consumer WTP for CF label, focusing on Italian consumers. Second, it uses the results of two surveys of consumers’ attitudes towards dairy products with a lower CF label to analyse the factors determining a positive stated WTP. Results point out that a positive WTP for lower CF products is more likely to be declared by respondents who believe that buying products with less environmental impact can combat climate change. Conversely, highly price-sensitive consumers are less likely to be willing to pay more for CF-labelled products.

scholarly journals Computing climate-smart urban land use with the Integrated Urban Complexity model (IUCm 1.0)

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 525-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Cremades ◽  
Philipp S. Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Complex Features ◽  
Combat Climate Change

Abstract. Cities are fundamental to climate change mitigation, and although there is increasing understanding about the relationship between emissions and urban form, this relationship has not been used to provide planning advice for urban land use so far. Here we present the Integrated Urban Complexity model (IUCm 1.0) that computes “climate-smart urban forms”, which are able to cut emissions related to energy consumption from urban mobility in half. Furthermore, we show the complex features that go beyond the normal debates about urban sprawl vs. compactness. Our results show how to reinforce fractal hierarchies and population density clusters within climate risk constraints to significantly decrease the energy consumption of urban mobility. The new model that we present aims to produce new advice about how cities can combat climate change.

scholarly journals Affrontare il cambiamento climatico è una ‘missione possibile’

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
Roberto Buizza
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Ice Melting ◽  
Greenhouse Gases Emissions ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Change Impact

Climate change is real, and we, humans, are responsible for it. Its impact is already evident, both on the Earth system (global warming, sea-level rise, sea-ice melting, more intense and frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves and fires) and on people (famines, health issues, migrations, political tensions and conflicts). We need immediate and concrete mitigation actions aiming to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, and adaptation actions to be able to cope with the increasing changing climate. We have to reach zero-net greenhouse gases emissions as soon as possible, by reducing emissions by at least 5% a year, starting from now. Otherwise the climate change impact will become more and more severe: it will induce more injustice, and it will have a major impact on people health. We have the resources and the technologies to deal with it: we must have the courage to change and transform and deal with it. Addressing climate change is not impossible: to the contrary, it is a ‘possible mission’.

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