Renewable energy has always been subsidized because of its low economic market incentives. The costs of renewable energy production are instead higher compared to the low price of energy from conventional energy plants at wholesale markets in terms of €/kWh. Moreover, common arguments in favor of its subsidization are environmental protection and enhancing energy independency. In the recent years, increasing…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. La Conferenza di Rio su Ambiente e Sviluppo e il Protocollo di Kyoto Dal 1992 la comunità internazionale ha provato a dare slancio con concretezza a…
Fonte: Adam Cohn Introduction: the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) The relationship between economic development and environmental sustainability is represented at best by the so-called Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). The reasoning behind the curve grounds on the idea that countries in the early stage of economic development are likely to pollute more, suggesting further economic development as an essential tool to…
The notion of reflexive governance is widely proposed to tackle the challenges of the infrastructure sector in terms of design and implementation of resilient infrastructures capable to respond to climate change and vulnerability. While the traditional policy approach involves a long-range, wide-scale and highly interventionist public planning, the latest approach shifts towards a so-called reflexive governance of infrastructure. Reflexive Governance…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. “Volete che, quando scadranno le concessioni, vengano fermati i giacimenti in attività nelle acque territoriali italiane anche se c’è ancora gas o petrolio?” Questa è la parafrasi…
