scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Firm-Level Climate Change Mitigation Targets in the European Union and the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Wang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Determinants of Corporate Climate Change Mitigation Targets in Major United States Companies

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyu Yin ◽  
Fei Mo ◽  
Derek Wang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Absolute Intensity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Change Mitigation

Setting greenhouse gas emission target is a critical step to meet the challenge of climate change. While the debate on global and national carbon emission targets has dominated every major climate change conference, little is known about how the firms set emission targets. Using a dataset on S&P 500 companies in the United States, we investigate the determinants of firm-level climate change mitigation targets, including target adoption and target metric (intensity target vs. absolute target). We find that companies with larger size, higher growth, better innovation, weaker capital constraint, and higher government pressure are more likely to establish emission targets. Further, firm growth has a negative (positive) and significant association with the use of absolute (intensity) target. This may be due to the fact that intensity target can better accommodate growth than absolute target. Policymakers and corporate managers may resort to those determinant factors in designing climate change policies to induce desirable firm-level target-setting behaviors.

Health co-benefits and the development of climate change mitigation policies in the European Union

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annabelle Workman ◽  
Grant Blashki ◽  
Kathryn J. Bowen ◽  
David J. Karoly ◽  
John Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Policies

scholarly journals Business Case for Energy Efficiency in Support of Climate Change Mitigation, Economic and Societal Benefits in the United States

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Bojda ◽  
Jing Ke ◽  
Stephane de la Rue du Can ◽  
Virginie E. Letschert ◽  
James E. McMahon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Business Case ◽  
The United States ◽  
Societal Benefits ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals The Club Approach: A Gateway to Effective Climate Co-operation?

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 1071-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Hovi ◽  
Detlef F. Sprinz ◽  
Håkon Sælen ◽  
Arild Underdal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
The United States ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Club Good ◽  
The Right ◽  
Global Emissions

Although the Paris Agreement arguably made some progress, interest in supplementary approaches to climate change co-operation persist. This article examines the conditions under which a climate club might emerge and grow. Using agent-based simulations, it shows that even with less than a handful of major actors as initial members, a club can eventually reduce global emissions effectively. To succeed, a club must be initiated by the ‘right’ constellation of enthusiastic actors, offer sufficiently large incentives for reluctant countries and be reasonably unconstrained by conflicts between members over issues beyond climate change. A climate club is particularly likely to persist and grow if initiated by the United States and the European Union. The combination of club-good benefits and conditional commitments can produce broad participation under many conditions.

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