Search results for "Environmental Policy"
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An empirical approach for ranking environmental and energy saving measures in the hotel sector
2009
The energy demand of the hotel sector of an Italian region is here utilized for hierarchizing, by means of an empirical method, efficient measures devoted to energy saving and reduction of CO2 emissions. Due to the large number of consumers present in the selected territorial area and the lack in detailed data, the energy demand assessment is here carried out by the analysis of a sample of representative consumers. A short set of indexes, referring to energy and environmental performances, are defined and calculated for different clusters of hotels, grouped on the basis of site characteristics, opening periods, number of beds, and building age. Such indexes are utilized to establish lists o…
La elección del momento oportuno de la política ambiental en un mercado duopolístico
2015
[EN] In this paper the strategic use of innovation by two polluting firms to influence environ-mental policy is evaluated. The analysis is carried out by comparing two alternative policy regimes for two policy instruments: Taxes and standards. The first of the regimes assumes that the regulator commits to an ex-ante level of the policy instrument. In the second one, there is no commitment. The results show that when there is no commitment and a tax is used to control emissions, the strategic behavior of firms can be welfare improving if the efficiency of the clean technology is relatively low. If this is not the case, the strategic behavior of the duopolists has a detrimental effect on welf…
France: Forces Shaping Centralization and Decentralization in Environmental Policymaking
2007
This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines – economics, political science, environmental science and law – thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature.
The European Union's Methane Strategy
2023
This document has been included as a part of the teaching materials funded by the UNESCO Chair of the University of Valencia, 2023. This paper dicusses about the European Union's Methane Strategy
Free trade and protection of the environment: Is the GATT in need of reform?
1992
The GATT negotiations under the Uruguay Round have almost run their course. However, consultations are certain to continue, as critics regard the GATT rules on environmental protection as inadequate. What aspects need to be reformed, and how might the initial reform measures look?
IEL.22-23- Unit 9. The EU environmental policy (I)
2023
El document forma part dels materials docents presentants al Servei de Política Lingüística de la Universitat de València, convocatòria Premis Fernando Sapiña 2022 a la qüalitat lingüística en l’elaboració de materials docents en valencià i en anglès. General aspects: the original silence of the founding treaties - The constitutionalisation of the European Union's environmental policy: a specific examination of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - Environmental legislation in the European Union: development and implementation - The Environmental Action Programmes- European Green Deal.
IEL.21-22-Unit 9. The European Environmental Policy (III)
2022
International Environmental Law. Unit 9. The EU's environmental policy (III). Powerpoint of the Academic course 2021-2022. The EU Green Deal - From farm to fork Strategy - Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity - Towards zero pollution for Air, Water and Soil.
IEL. 21-22- Unit 9. The EU environmental policy (II)
2022
International Environmental Law. Unit 9. The EU environmental policy (II). Powerpoint of the Academic course 2021-2022. The EU Green Deal- Supplying clean, affordable and secure energy - Mobilising industry for a clean and circular economy - Accelerating the shift to a sustainable and smart mobility.
IEL.20-21-Unit 9. The European Green Deal (II)
2021
International Environmental Law. Unit 9. The European Green Deal (II). Powerpoint of the Academic course 2020-2021. The European Green Deal (II). 1. From ‘farm to fork’: environmentally friendly food system design. 1.1. Main steps to achieve the farm and fork goals. 1.2 Main objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy. 1.3 Promoting the global transition. 2. Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity. 2.1. EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: bringing nature back into our lives. 2.2. Nature protection: key commitments by 2030. 2.3. EU Nature restoration: key commitments by 2030. 3. EU Action Plan: ‘Towards Zero pollution for Air, Water and Soil’. 3.1. A zero pollution ambition for a toxi…
Environmental mitigation hierarchy and biodiversity offsets revisited through habitat connectivity modelling.
2020
International audience; Biodiversity loss is accelerating because of unceasing human activity and land clearing for development projects (urbanisation, transport infrastructure, mining and quarrying …). Environmental policy-makers and managers in different countries worldwide have proposed the mitigation hierarchy to ensure the goal of “no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity” and have included this principle in environmental impact assessment processes. However, spatial configuration is hardly ever taken into account in the mitigation hierarchy even though it would greatly benefit from recent developments in habitat connectivity modelling incorporating landscape graphs. Meanwhile, national, Euro…