Author:Tyler, EmilyDate:2019The research journey reflected in this thesis emerged from fifteen years of practice of (predominantly South African) climate mitigation policy from 2001 - 2016; from a dissatisfaction with the pace and depth of progress, and a realisation ...Read more
Author:Tyler, EmilyDate:2009This paper considers the alignment of energy policy in South Africa with the Cabinet’s mitigation vision of a ‘peak, plateau and decline’ greenhouse gas emissions trajectory to 2050. First, the term ‘policy’ is defined as having a number of ...Read more
Author:Marquard, Andrew; Merven, Bruno; Tyler, Emily; Hagemann, KilianDate:2008This study explores the implications of a renewable energy target, with South Africa setting and achieving 15% of electricity generated from renewables by 2020 We report the effects of 15% renewable electricity on the total cost of electricity ...Read morecb
Author:Winkler, Harald; Marquard, Andrew; Tyler, Emily; Visser, Martine; Brick, KerriDate:2009Climate change is increasingly seen as not only an environmental issue, but a deeply economic one. ‘Climate change presents a unique challenge for economics: it is the greatest and widest ranging market failure ever seen’ (Stern Review 2006). ...Read morecb
Author:Tyler, Emily; du Toit, Michelle; Dunn, ZeldaDate:2009An emissions trading scheme (ETS) is based on the allocation of allowances to emit pollutants, which in the case of climate change are greenhouse gases. Allowances are allocated to a defined set of emitters, who are required to hold sufficient ...Read morecb
Author:Tyler, EmilyDate:2007An emerging valuation technique, real options analysis, has been found to provide insight on value in situations of high uncertainty. Based on financial options theory, it values options relating to real assets. For example, if a company has ...Read more
Author:Tyler, Emily; Dunn, Zelda; du Toit, MichelleDate:2009A white certificate, which is also referred to as an Energy Saving Certificate (ESC), or an Energy Efficiency Credit (EEC), is an instrument awarded by an authorisation body to guarantee that a specific amount of energy savings has been ...Read morecb