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Read more: Clean energy technology adoption – policy analysis for a cleaner future
This research examines the uptake of clean energy technology under a range of policy scenarios. Ireland’s climate ambition has increased significantly with the recent Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act (2021) setting out Ireland’s objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and targeting a 51% reduction of GHG emissions by 2030 (7% per…
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Read more: Nudges and Other Behavioural Public Policy Instruments to Encourage Environmentally Friendly Behaviour
Policymakers all over the world have started using behavioural public policy instruments to encourage behavioural change in various areas such as health, finance, and the environment (UN Behavioural Science Group 2021). These instruments rely on insights from behavioural economics and psychology on how people behave and how they interact with their decision environments. The behaviourally…
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Read more: Framing climate change as a generational issue: Experimental effects on youth worry, motivation and belief in collective action
The ESRI have published a working paper “Framing climate change as a generational issue: Experimental effects on youth worry, motivation and belief in collective action”. The paper is available HERE.
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Read more: Carbon taxes, poverty and compensation options
Carbon taxes, poverty and compensation options is now available from the ESRI HERE
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Read more: Householder Preferences for the Design of an Energy Efficiency Retrofit Subsidy in Ireland
The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, Summer 2018, pp. 145-172 Matthew Collins, Economic and Social Research Institute and Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Seraphim Dempsey, Economic and Social Research Institute John Curtis, Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to…
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Read more: Climate Action Plan 2019
The Climate Action Plan by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment is now available HERE
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Read more: Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action report
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action report now available HERE
