Search for dissertations about: "emission trading"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words emission trading.
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6. Instruments for reaching climate objectives. Focusing on the time aspects of bioenergy and allocation rules in the European Union's Emission Trading System
Abstract : The Europeans Union’s (EU’s) climate and energy strategy aims at reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 20 % (compared to 1990) and to increase the share of renewable energy to 20 % by the year 2020. Increased use of bioenergy is considered key in these efforts. READ MORE
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7. Reducing Swedish Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Basic Industry and Energy Utilities : An Actor and Policy Analysis
Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to analyze the design of the present climate and energy policies. The main focus is on how the policy instruments affect the Swedish stakeholders who are included in the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). READ MORE
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8. Fictitious Carbon, Fictitious Change? : Environmental Implications of the Commodification of Carbon
Abstract : Governments increasingly rely on the use of market instruments to tackle climate change and help decarbonize a deeply fossil fuel-dependent economy. This dissertation examines this trend as one instance of the ‘commodification of carbon’, or the process through which emission reductions are made into commodities and then traded on the market. READ MORE
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9. Moving towards a More Sustainable World : four Essays on Renewable Energy, Emissions Trading, and Environmental Behaviour
Abstract : Reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions is essential to fight climate change. In addition, private consumption patterns have effects on emissions and the sustainable use of natural resources. READ MORE
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10. Essays on environmental policy analysis : computable general equilibrium approaches applied to Sweden
Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays within the field of applied environmental economics, with the common basic aim of analyzing effects of Swedish environmental policy. Starting out from Swedish environmental goals, the thesis assesses a range of policy-related questions. READ MORE