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- PublicationUnderstanding the use of policy instruments for greenhouse gas management in Europe(Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, 2006)
; ; ; ; A report from UCD Dublin as part of the International Collaboration Projects on Sustainable Societies for the Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, January 20, 2006.230 - Publication
558 - PublicationThe use and regulation of environmental claims as a means for promoting sustainable consumption in Ireland : final reportThis study consists of an initial evaluation of the use and regulation of [environmental] claims in Ireland, in order to identify how they may be most effectively used to promote sustainable consumption. This final Report has been prepared as part of the Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation Programme under the Productive Sector Operational Programme 2000–2006.
205 - PublicationPublic attitudes towards solid waste landfill infrastructure : changes in perception over space and time(University College Dublin. School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, 2005-11)
; ; One of the most controversial planning issues internationally is the siting of waste disposal infrastructure in local communities. Compensation is viewed as a possible solution to siting difficulties in many countries. However, existing empirical evidence is conflicting as to whether or not compensation-based siting has reduced opposition to such developments. Thus, before compensation policy can be considered as the solution for recognising social costs and introducing equity into the waste planning system, it is important to understand why people reject waste disposal infrastructure developments and if this rejection continues over the lifetime of facility operations. This paper utilises information gathered through ex-ante – ex-post surveys to fully examine the effects of distance, local authority consultation efforts, experience and other factors, on attitudes towards nonhazardous solid waste landfill developments in potential and actual host communities. Our findings suggest distance proxies expectations of environmental risk in communities with no experience of living with landfill infrastructure. Conversely, distance does not play a significant role in explaining attitudes to landfill development in communities familiar with the development. Familiarity and consultation by authorities are consistently important, even after a landfill has been in operation for a number of years, but in this case these results may capture a feeling of “having served our time” prevalent in these types of communities.730 - PublicationTransaction costs of firms in the EU ETSThis paper is a first attempt to empirically measure transaction costs – a composite of administrative costs and trading costs – of firms in the European Union's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) during its trial phase (2005-2007). This analysis provides some evidence that transaction costs of firms were mainly of administrative nature. There are also remarkable economies of scale, with the costs per tonne of CO2 lower for participants with larger allocation. The composition of these costs diverges too as the share of early implementation costs tend to be significantly larger emitters. Trading transaction costs were not significant and, hence, trade prohibitive and other factors – self-sufficiency in compliance and low allowance price – played a major role in deciding whether to trade or not during the trial trading period.
895 - PublicationIssues in emissions trading : an introduction(University College Dublin. Environmental Institute, 2003)
; ; 113 - PublicationEnvironmental indicators for the urban environment : a literature review(University College Dublin. School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, 2000)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; A vast body of literature exists on the genesis and evolution of environmental indicators of all varieties. This document attempts to track the somewhat complicated progress of urban environmental indicators, where they are in usage and to what avail. It also emphasises the search to narrow down the range of 'ideal' indicators. The literature suggests that as experience and practice with indicators grows both in Ireland and world-wide the key set of urban environmental indicators can help policy makers and the public track sustainability issues more effectively. Indicators thus have a valuable role to play in the future of sustainable planning for urban areas.818 - PublicationGreenhouse gas abatement costs and market based instruments(University College Dublin. Department of Planning and Environmental Policy, 2004-04)
; For policy intervention to be effective, we need to know where such intervention is likely to have most effect. There is literature emerging on this from a variety of sources. This paper synthesises some of this information as well as looking at the literature on policy interaction in seeking the least cost abatement options. The first section assesses the latest European Commission report which examines a least-cost route for the EU Member States, and then examines the latest IPCC Mitigation report and work done by Ellerman and Decaux (1998) in examining marginal abatement curves. The abatement cost analyses that have been undertaken do provide broad guidelines as to where the least cost (more economically efficient) opportunities for abatement lie, and this is a crucial step in ensuring that economic resources are not wasted. Interestingly, abatement of the non CO2 gasses, notably methane and nitrous oxide, emerge in many studies as relatively low cost options.353 - PublicationAllocating allowances in greenhouse gas emissions trading(University College Dublin. Environmental Institute, 2003)
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