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Powerful Choices: transition to a biofuel economy in Australia

The Powerful Choices study uses a biophysical-economics model of the Australian economy to explore the capability of discrete low-carbon technologies to maintain economic growth, ensure energy security and reduce CO2 emissions out to 2051. The approach applies physical laws of thermodynamics and mass balance to established economic structures to ensure that financial dynamics are constrained by physical reality. Renewable electricity (bio-electricity, wind, solar thermal and (more)...

Creating markets for environmental goods and services: a mechanism design approach

New ideas and techniques in economics open up the possibility of making significant improvements in environmental policy mechanism. It is now possible to design, test and create new policy mechanisms such as tradeable emissions permits, specialised…

Creating markets for environmental goods and services on private land

This is a policy factsheet for research project DSE3 which was completed in June 2007

New ideas and techniques in economics open up the possibility of making significant improvements in environmental policy mechanisms. It is now possible to design, test and create new policy mechanisms such as tradeable emmissions permits, specialised…