Public Policy Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS INTO CLIMATE FINANCE PROJECTS: ASSESSING THE MARKET IMPACT OF CO-BENEFITS FROM CARBON OFFSETS
(2020)By design, climate finance projects have two fundamental features: climate benefits and sustainable development benefits. Climate finance is important for cutting emissions, but it can also deliver significant additional ... -
THE DECARBONIZATION TRANSFORMATION: ESSAYS ON THE ROLE OF CONSTITUENT ENTITIES IN THE U.S. ELECTRICITY SECTOR TRANSITION TO A LOW-CARBON FUTURE
(2020)The threat of climate change requires significant transitions across all U.S. economic sectors should a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions be achieved by 2050. The U.S. electricity sector is the ... -
Analysis of the Labor Impacts of Clean Energy Transitions in the Power Sector in India
(2020)The inevitability of climate action means that India needs to rapidly transition to a low-carbon economy while working towards its development goals. Though considered an emerging economy, India still lags behind on ... -
Investment and Economic Performance in Europe: The Role of the Investment Climate
(2020)This dissertation investigates how investment, the investment climate, and economic integration affect the economic performance of 31 European countries. A major contribution is the development of two new composite ... -
CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLITICAL CONTENTION – A MECHANISM BASED FRAMEWORK
(2019)This dissertation proposes a framework to systematically analyze the potential of climate change to cause social and political unrest. Extant literature generated on the topic seems to have come to a standstill in establishing ...