Meeting goals of sustainability policy:CO2 emission reduction, cost-effectiveness and societal acceptance. An analysis of the proposal to phase out coal in the Netherlands
The mitigation of global climate change renders effective policy indispensable. In this paper we evaluate a policy drafted in the Netherlands to close all its remaining coal-fired plants by 2030, which is well before the end of their technical and economic life spans. This plan is part of a package to reduce CO 2 emissions with 25% by 2020 and 49% by 2030 in comparison to 1990. Under Dutch policy, all measures taken must meet three goals: CO 2 emission reduction, cost-effectiveness and societal support. We will show that existing EU legal frameworks limit the effectiveness of the closure, beca... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Akerboom , S , Botzen , W , Buijze , A , Michels , A & van Rijswick , M 2020 , ' Meeting goals of sustainability policy : CO2 emission reduction, cost-effectiveness and societal acceptance. An analysis of the proposal to phase out coal in the Netherlands ' , Energy Policy , vol. 138 , 111210 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111210 |
Schlagwörter: | /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action / name=SDG 13 - Climate Action |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27230845 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/255c5157-3d0d-4cdc-bdc9-4d8a005d6aa2 |