A5018431218- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Global trade and economics
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Merger and Competition Analysis
- Electric Power System Optimization
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Smart Grid Energy Management
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Renewable Energy and Sustainability
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
University of Graz
2015-2024
Climate and Energy Fund
2014
Austrian Academy of Sciences
2014
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2009-2010
Carnegie Mellon University
2009-2010
University of Hawaii System
2009-2010
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research
2008
Increasing penetration of zero marginal cost variable renewable technologies cause the decline wholesale electricity prices due to merit-order effect. This causes a "cannibalization effect" through which increasing technologies' undermines their own value. We calculate solar and wind daily unit revenues (generation weighted prices) value factors (unit divided by average from hourly data day-ahead California market (CAISO) for period January 2013 June 2017. then perform time series...
Spring frosts, as experienced in Europe April 2016 and 2017, pose a considerable risk to agricultural production, with the potential cause significant damages yields. Meteorological blocking events (stable high-pressure systems) have been shown be one of factors that trigger cold spells spring. While current knowledge does not allow for drawing conclusions any change future frequency duration episodes due climate change, combination their stable occurrence biological system under warming...
Having achieved grid parity, photovoltaic (PV) self-consumption will play a key role in the transition to low-carbon energy system. Spain, whilst among EU countries with highest solar irradiation, has recently passed one of most restrictive regulations. We study implications this regulation comparison alternatives (net metering, net billing) on profitability (internal rate return) potential residential, commercial and industrial investors, as well impact PV government revenues electricity...
Abstract Tipping points have become a key concept in research on climate change, indicating of abrupt transition biophysical systems as well transformative changes adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, the potential existence tipping socio-economic has remained underexplored, whereas they might be highly policy relevant. This paper describes characteristics change induced (SETPs) to guide future SETPS inform policy. We review existing literature create point typology derive...
Target values for creating carbon budgets buildings are important developing climate-neutral building stocks. A lack of clarity currently exists defining and what constitutes a unit assessment—particularly the distinction between production- consumption-based accounting. These different perspectives on system function that is assessed hinder clear commonly agreed definition ‘carbon budgets’ construction operation. This paper explores processes establishing budget residential non-residential...
Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions has emerged as a crucial challenge for the passenger transport system. We introduce an inter- and transdisciplinary scheme development assessment socially politically feasible policy packages to achieve net-zero illustrate via application EU member state Austria. find mutual disciplinary dependencies well need co-generation between science practice, with varying mix stakeholders disciplines relevant across different steps. Results show that legal...
Climate change is one of the most serious threats to human habitat. The required structural limit anthropogenic forcing expected fundamentally daily social and economic life. production iron steel a special case activities since it not only associated with combustion but particularly process emissions greenhouse gases which have be dealt likewise. Traditional mitigation options sector like efficiency measures, substitution less emission-intensive materials, or scrap-based are bounded thus...
• Consumption based policies as crucial element in globally effective national policy. Analysis by sector destination, source and geographical location of emissions. Such analysis informs proper climate policy instrument design. Top emitting sectors under consumption-based perspective are very different. Consumption-oriented design imperative for with high emission shares abroad. Greenhouse gas emissions can be addressed at the points both production consumption goods services. In a world...
Extended implementation of renewable energy technologies is vital to limit global warming. However, there are critical sustainability issues connected the production wind turbines, solar photovoltaic modules, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries. These include use conflict minerals, toxicity, finite availability or supply chain governance risks rare earth elements, cobalt, lithium, that need be taken into consideration. "Conflict minerals" refer tantalum, tin, tungsten gold, their...
In implementing the European Green Deal to align with Paris Agreement, EU has raised its climate ambition and in 2022 is negotiating distribution of increased mitigation effort among Member States. Such partitioning targets subsidiary entities becoming a major challenge for implementation policies around globe. We contrast 2021 Commission proposal - an allocation based on singular country attribute transparent reproducible methods three ethical principles. go beyond traditional...
In waste management, the assessment of CO2 emissions offers possibility to evaluate and compare environmental impact different treatment processes. Here, we performance incineration with alternative thermal scenarios recycling primary production materials analyze respective emissions. The aim is determine whether material results in (net) surpluses or reductions, thus, showing it makes sense for climate ambitions recover waste, thermally materially. A case study an internationally active...
With the increasing share of renewables in electricity generation Europe, implied economy-wide macroeconomic feedbacks and spill-over effects to other sectors actors are rising importance. We quantify a large-scale expansion wind photovoltaics (PV) employing global multi-regional multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. place special emphasis on market integration costs, which have so far been neglected not only most bottom-up technology comparisons, but also studies. find...
Climate change triggers manifold impacts at the national to local level, which in turn have various economy-wide implications (e.g. on welfare, employment, or tax revenues). In its response, society needs prioritize of these address and what share resources spend each respective adaptation. A prerequisite achieving that end is an economic impact analysis consistent across sectors acknowledges intersectoral feedback effects. Traditional Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are usually...
There is growing recognition that implementation of low-carbon policies in urban passenger transport has near-term health co-benefits through increased physical activity and improved air quality. Nevertheless, related cost reductions are often not taken into account decision processes, likely because they easy to capture. In an interdisciplinary multi-model approach we address this gap, investigating the resulting from quality due climate mitigation for three areas. Additionally take a...
Major efforts are still needed to decarbonize passenger transport. To do so, a combination of improved technologies, shift towards public transport, cycling and walking the avoidance trips is crucial. However, ensure successful implementation, we need better understand how these strategies affect overall costs society. Therefore, assess social decarbonized ground-based transport system in 2040, covering vehicle costs, for externalities travel time across modes. Our results show that decline...