Towards Sustainable Environment: Does Electricity Crisis Matter for the Effect of Industrialisation and Urbanisation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions?
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Emerging countries including Ghana have witnessed significant growth in their industrialisation and urbanisation. Getting an understanding of their effects on carbon emissions has gained the attention of researchers in recent times. However, the extant studies lack analysis of the moderating role of an electricity crisis on the carbon emission effect of urbanisation and industrialisation. This study assesses the environmental effect of industrialisation and urbanisation in Ghana by analysing how the electricity crisis interacts with the two to affect carbon emissions.
Who is affected by carbon pricing and why? Evidence from 87 countries
We are honored to have Jan Steckel as our first speaker for the year. Jan is an accomplished researcher based at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) where he…
Exploring the Potential and Challenges of Voluntary Carbon Markets in the Global South
The study identifies current energy markets and associated (actors) stakeholders in Africa. It will then recommend institutional structures that could reconcile the VCM with Articles 4 (binding
Economic growth, governance and CO2 emissions in West Africa
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Despite being the region with the least levels of carbon emissions in the world, African countries are facing unique challenges on climate change, increased carbon emission levels and the need for environmental governance improvement. This study, therefore, examined the implications of economic growth and governance on CO2 emissions in West Africa. Specifically, the study investigated the role of governance in moderating the effect of economic growth on CO2 emissions in West Africa.
Optimal emissions pricing in LMICs accounting for household emissions from traditional cooking
Pricing environmental externalities to reduce fossil fuel emissions might entail negative outcomes for other development targets, such as health and poverty. This proposal asks what would be optimal
Assessing the Public Acceptability of Carbon Taxes Using Information Provision and Revenue Distributive Preferences in Nigeria
Carbon tax has been shown to generate revenue and contribute to greenhouse gas reduction in several parts of the world, yet the lack of public support has continued to undermine its implementation in
Impact of Carbon Trading Schemes on Mangrove Forest Ecosystem Services and Household Welfare: Evidence from East African Coastal Communities
The main problem facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is reducing poverty and conserving forest ecosystem services among rural households. Achieving this dual objective has been a problem for
Allowance Auction Design for China's National Carbon Market: Revenue Neutrality, Price Stability, and Allocation Efficiency
China is using free allowance allocation in the national carbon emissions trading systems (ETS). With the goal of transitioning to a more efficient auction-based ETS, mechanisms that balance market