Consumers and measures to reduce energy consumption
The results of the project KONSENS shows the energy and CO2 reduction potential that can be reached by consumer-oriented policy measures, but also looks at their effectiveness and social…
The climate balance of the foreign trade of Austria
Development of a databank of the CO2-emissions that are included in the Austrian im- and exports (so-called “CO2-rucksacks”). By using the GWS model GRAM (Global Resource Accounting Model) as a…
Short and long term labour market effects of an increase of renewable energy
The impacts on employment of an increased use of renewable energy have been assessed in the short and long run. Special focus was set on gross employment in the sectors production of plants for…
Indicator-based evaluation of interlinkages between different sustainable development objectives
The INDI-LINK project further improves EU Sustainable Development Indicators, assesses the interlinkages between the different priorities of the renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy and…
A new Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Date and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis
This study on behalf of the Commission of the European Union (EC) tries to set up a detailed environmentally extended (EE) Input-Output (I-O) framework, with links to other socio-economic models,…
Resource Productivity, Environmental Tax Reform and sustainable growth in Europe (PETRE)
Environmental tax reform (ETR) is a shift in the target of taxation from ‘goods’ such as labour (e.g. income taxes, social security contributions) or capital (e.g. corporation taxes) to ‘bads’…