Open Conference Systems, 50th Scientific meeting of the Italian Statistical Society

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The climate funds for energy sustainability: a counterfactual analysis
Giuseppe Scandurra, Alfonso Carfora, Monica Ronghi

Last modified: 2018-05-31

Abstract


In this paper we analyze the effectiveness of climate funds to combat climate change and promote mitigation and adaptation policies. We analyse the funds received by the recipient through a counterfactual analysis. The results show that the policy contributed to the decreasing of greenhouse gas emissions and promoted the change in generation energy systems supporting the replacement of fossil sources with renewable sources.

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