If you were driving down the road in Sweden at 04:50 on September 3, 1967, Swedish government required to stop. You then had move from left right side of road, and 05:00 could continue your way. Although invested heavily preparing for this pivotal 10 minutes, transition created some inevitable confusion (1). Nonetheless, a new equilibrium was fast. Traffic accidents insurance claims declined im...

Given the large uncertainties regarding potential damages from climate change and the significant but also uncertain costs of reducing greenhouse emissions, the debate over a policy response is often framed as a choice of either acting now or waiting until the uncertainty is reduced. Implicit behind the “wait to learn” argument is the notion that the ability to learn in the future necessarily i...

The growing concerns about the climate change, the characteristics of the transport sector and its future trend, have made this sector be considered relevant in the policy analysis that promote the low carbon economy. The development of alternative fuel vehicles is one of these policies. However, although the diffusion of clean technologies has been studied for the academy community, and is rec...

BACKGROUND The EU FP6 HENVINET project reviewed the potential relevance of a focus on climate change related health effects for climate change policies at the city region level. This was undertaken by means of a workshop with both scientists, city representatives from several EU-countries, representatives of EU city networks and EU-experts. In this paper we introduce some important health relat...

Climate science initially aspired to improve understanding of what the future would bring, and thereby produce appropriate public policies and effective international climate agreements. If that hope is dashed, as now seems probable, effective policies for adapting to climate change become critical. Climate science assumes new responsibilities by helping to foster more appropriate adaptation me...

Subnational governments play a key role responding to climate change risks in terms of policy strategies and instruments. This article analyzes how Brazilian municipal and state governments have developed and implemented public policies to mitigate and to adapt to climate change risks. We surveyed all cities’ and states’ climate policies within the country. The methodological approach includes ...

At the stage of international post-Kyoto negotiations, the adoption of ambitious public policies raises an increasing interest, as society has a whole is more concerned by the scale of damages and the potential irreversibilities linked to climate change. The introduction of a tradable permits market in Europe on January 1, 2005, in order to provide incentives to Member-States to take early abat...