The world's ever-increasing population, combined with economic and technological growth
and a new, modern way of life, has led to high energy demand and consumption. Fossil …

At present, electricity generated from power plants using renewable sources costs more than
electricity generated from power plants using conventional fuels. Consumers bear these …

The protection of organic carbon stored in forests is considered as an important method for
mitigating climate change. Like terrestrial ecosystems, coastal ecosystems store large …

Using renewable energy for domestic consumption has been identified as a key strategy by
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

Contingent valuation is widely used due to its flexibility in valuing a wide variety of non-
market goods. Although this method has important benefits, its validity and reliability are …

With global and regional communities outlining their goals for RES use, such as the
European Union issuing the Renewable Energy Directive mandating its member countries …

The present study provides a review of existing assessments of preferences for climate
change mitigation and adaptation policies through a worldwide meta-analysis. In this study …

Abstract The EU directive 2009/72/CE imposes environmental and energy targets on
European countries. The goal of Italy is to attain 26.4% green electricity (GE) production from …

The present study examines the public acceptability of the EU's future climate change
mitigation policies. Using the discrete choice experiment, the authors elicit the preferences …

Spatial and temporal changes of daily temperature extremes are investigated over Egypt
using a standard set of 23 indices. Our analysis uses a database consisting of complete …