Methods and documentation for Nature and the environment

Articles, analysis, and publications

2024

  1. The SNOW Model for Norway Document 29 February

    In this document, we provide a description of the SNOW model for Norway (SNOW-NO), a multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) model tailored to analyze energy, environmental and climate policies in Norway.

2023

  1. Methods for analysing short-run emissions and cost impacts of climate policies Report 15 December

    The report explores methods for analysing the cost and emission impacts of altered policy instruments in climate policy in the short term.

  2. Plastic account for Norway Report 7 July

    Plastic has become a major environmental issue in recent years and is a topic of increasing attention. This report aims to create a more complete picture of plastic fluxes in Norway based on available data sources.

2021

  1. Green technology policies versus carbon pricing Discussion paper 19 October

    Technology policy is the most widespread form of climate policy and is often preferred over seemingly efficient carbon pricing.

  2. Endogenous preferences and environmental policy Discussion paper 5 October

    This paper investigates environmental policy in the presence of endogenous preferences. The optimal time trajectory is achieved if and only if the consumer is perfectly time-consistent.