Pollution and climate
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Norway’s net-zero emissions target for 2030
Norway has positioned itself as a climate policy forerunner by aiming to reach net-zero emissions already by 2030. However, the net-zero ambition is not well-defined, not legally binding, nor substantiated by action plans.
EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism CBAM – Industrial effects
We examine the industrial effects of two measures aimed at mitigating carbon leakage: the EU’s scheduled Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the allocation of free emission allowances.
Measures against carbon leakage
Countries with ambitious climate targets are concerned about carbon leakage to countries with more lenient or no carbon pricing.
Optimal Carbon Taxes and Foreign Aid
This article explores whether altruistic preferences toward households in poor high-temperature countries stimulate global warming policies within rich low-temperature countries that avoids damage from global warming.
Assessing fire hazard in coastal heathlands
Unmanaged and overgrown coastal heathlands represent a substantial fire hazard. We analyse how this hazard in Norwegian coastal heathlands is influenced by weather conditions, land management, and usage.
Pesticide use in agriculture in 2022
Statistics Norway carried out an electronic sample survey concerning pesticide use in 2022. Similar surveys were carried out in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017
Emission pricing and CO₂ compensation in the EU
Unilateral CO₂ emission reduction can lead to carbon leakage, such as relocation of power-intensive and trade-exposed industries.
To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions?
Weather and temperatures vary in ways that are difficult to explain and predict precisely. In this article we review data on temperature variations in the past as well possible reasons for these variations.
Emission regulation: Prices, quantities and hybrids with endogenous technology choice
This paper examines the investment incentives of market-based regulation, with focus on the technology characteristics the different regulatory schemes tend to incentivize.
Policies for electrification of the car fleet in the short and long run – subsidizing electric vehicles or subsidizing charging stations?
Abatement can be performed by measures that have an impact on present emissions, but no lasting effect, and by long-lived infrastructure investments.
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