Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition

F Creutzig, JC Goldschmidt, P Lehmann… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The threat of climate change and other risks for ecosystems and human health require a
transition of the energy system from fossil fuels towards renewable energies and higher …

Assessing the impact of renewable energy investment, green technology innovation, and industrialization on sustainable development: A case study of China

Z Fang - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of the economic complexity index and
its square, investments in the energy sector, green technological innovation, and the growth …

A framework for national scenarios with varying emission reductions

S Fujimori, V Krey, D van Vuuren, K Oshiro… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
National-level climate actions will be vital in achieving global temperature goals in the
coming decades. Near-term (2025–2030) plans are laid out in Nationally Determined …

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC POLICIES ON CO2 EMISSIONS: WAYS TO ACHIEVE GREEN ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA

W Huang, HB Saydaliev, W Iqbal… - Climate Change …, 2022 - World Scientific
Regional attempts to reduce pollution levels emerging from the European Union (EU)
relative to 2010 are contrasted with unique policies of individual member countries' aims to …

Energy system impacts and policy implications of the European Intended Nationally Determined Contribution and low-carbon pathway to 2050

P Fragkos, N Tasios, L Paroussos, P Capros, S Tsani - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In March 2015 the European Union (EU) submitted to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the Intended Nationally Determined …

On the economics of renewable energy sources

O Edenhofer, L Hirth, B Knopf, M Pahle, S Schlömer… - Energy Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
With the global expansion of renewable energy (RE) technologies, the provision of optimal
RE policy packages becomes an important task. We review pivotal aspects regarding the …

Welfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies

B Lomborg - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change is real and its impacts are mostly negative, but common portrayals of
devastation are unfounded. Scenarios set out under the UN Climate Panel (IPCC) show …

The European renewable energy target for 2030–An impact assessment of the electricity sector

B Knopf, P Nahmmacher, E Schmid - Energy policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union set binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases
(GHG) and the share of renewable energy (RE) in final energy consumption by 2020. The …

The impact of deep decarbonization policy on the level of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union

R Nagaj, B Gajdzik, R Wolniak, WW Grebski - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Green Deal, a cornerstone of the European Union's climate goals, sets out to achieve a
substantial 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels …

The role of money and the financial sector in energy-economy models used for assessing climate and energy policy

H Pollitt, JF Mercure - Climate Policy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article outlines a critical gap in the assessment methodology used to estimate the
macroeconomic costs and benefits of climate and energy policy, which could lead to …