Environmental and Economic Impacts of Decarbonization

scar Dejun is Professor of Economics at University of Castilla, La Mancha, Spain. Manfred Lenzen is Professor of Sustainability Research in the School of Physics at University of Sydney, Australia. Mara ngeles Cadarso is Associate Professor of Economics at University of Castilla, La Mancha, Spain.

Introduction scar Dejun, Mara-ngeles Cadarso and Manfred Lenzen Part I. Electricity generation. Towards a cleaner mix Decarbonizing electricity generation in the EU. Its impact on emissions and employment all over the world scar Dejun, Jorge Zafrilla, Mara-ngeles Tobarra, Fabio Monsalve and Carmen Crcoles Indirect emissions and socio-economic impacts on energy efficiency. Improvements and renewable electricity in Europe Kurt Kratena Global renewable energy diffusion in an input-output framework Kirsten S. Wiebe Potentials to decarbonize electricity consumption in Australia Paul Wolfram and Thomas Wiedmann Part II. Household consumption and social well-being Global income inequality and carbon footprints: can we have the cake and eat it too? Klaus Hubacek, Giovanni Baiocchi, Kuishuang Feng, Ral Muoz-Castillo, Laixiang Sun and Jinjun Xue The potential contribution of solar thermal electricity (STE) in Mexico in the light of the Paris Agreements Irene Rodrguez-Serrano and Natalia Calds Peak carbon emission in China: a household energy use perspective Haiyan Zhang and Michael L. Lahr The road to Paris with energy-efficiency strategies and GHG emissions-reduction targets: the case of Spain Rosa Duarte, Julio Snchez-Chliz and Cristina Sarasa Part III. Key drivers in carbon emissions and improvements in energy efficiency Global drivers of change in GHG emissions from a consumption perspective. Carbon footprint accounting in a post-Paris world Soeren Lindner, Jos-Manuel Rueda-Cantuche and Richard Wood South Americas global value chains and CO2 emissions embodied in trade, an input-output approach Jos Durn-Lima and Santacruz Banacloche Structural analysis of the top five most GHG emitting economies Pablo Ruiz-Npoles, Javier Castaeda-Len and Eduardo Moreno-Reyes Life-cycle environmental and natural resource implications of energy efficiency technologies Sangwon Suh, Edgar Hertwich, Stefanie Hellweg and Alissa Kendall Part IV. Policy tools Carbon leakage risk criteria to strengthen the effectiveness of INDCs Guadalupe Arce , Luis-Antonio Lpez, Mara-ngeles Cadarso and Nuria Gmez An assessment of the effects of the new carbon tax in Chile Roco Romn, Jos-Manuel Cansino and Manuel Ordez Paris-COP21 and carbon pricing: coordination challenges and carbon border measures. The case of the EU Jordi Roca, Paola Rocchi and Mnica Serrano Revisiting Japanese Carbon Footprint Studies Yosuke Shigetomi, Keisuke Nansai, Kayoko Shironitta, And Shigemi Kagawa The socioeconomic and environmental impacts of fossil fuels subsidies reduction and renewable energy expansion in China Liang Dong, Jingzheng Ren, Joo F.D. Rodrigues and Arnold Tukker