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Expenditure as proxy for UK household emissions? Comparing three estimation methods
No full textDue to a lack of emissions data at the household level, studies examining the relationship between UK household CO2 emissions and household characteristics currently rely on expenditure surveys to estimate emissions. There are several possible methods available for doing so but so far there is no discussion in the literature about the advantages and disadvantages related to these options. Such a comparison is relevant because studies in this area often draw policy-relevant conclusions.To address this gap, this paper compares three different methods of estimation to discuss two questions: first, is it at all necessary to convert household expenditure into emissions, given that household expenditure and emissions are strongly correlated, and does research that takes this approach add anything to the insights that already exist in the extensive literature on the determinants of household expenditure? Second, if we assume that it is necessary to convert household expenditure into emissions, are more detailed (and time-consuming) methods of doing so superior to less detailed approaches? The analysis is based on expenditure data from the UK Living Costs and Food Survey 2008-9 and its predecessor the Expenditure and Food Survey 2006-7
UK households' carbon footprint: a comparison of the association between household characteristics and emissions from home energy, transport and other goods and services
No full textDoes the association between household characteristics and household CO2 emissions differ for different areas such as home energy, transport, indirect and total emissions in the UK? Specific types of households might be more likely to have high emissions in some areas than in others and thus be affected differently by climate mitigation policies that target these areas.Using the Living Costs and Food Survey and Expenditure and Food Survey for the years 2006 to 2009, this paper compares how household characteristics like income, household size, rural/urban location and education level differ in their association with home energy, transport, indirect and total emissions. We find that the association between household characteristics and emissions differs considerably across these areas, particularly for income, education, the presence of children, female headed, workless and rural households. We also test the implicit assumption in the literature that the association between household characteristics and CO2 emission is constant across the CO2 emission distribution using quantile regressions and compare results for poor and rich households. The analysis considers policy implications of these findings throughout
The role of values for voluntary reductions of holiday air travel
No full textRecent research has shown that holiday air travel constitutes a typical value-action gap as many people continue to fly despite their concerns about climate change. However, some people do voluntarily reduce their holiday flights. Little is known so far about the role that values play in this decision. This paper examines this question based on semi-structured interviews with participants in local climate change and energy-saving projects. It finds that people who voluntarily reduce their holiday air travel are more ready than those who continue to fly to accept that their behaviour makes a contribution to climate change; that they feel a moral imperative to act regardless of its effectiveness in mitigating climate change; and that they distance themselves from socially dominant norms related to holiday air travel. This paper argues that these characteristics are connected to values of self-transcendence and self-direction, and that in this way values remain important for understanding and supporting low carbon behaviour
Schweigen oder Zumuten? Schülerinnen und Schüler einer 5. Klasse philosophieren über moralische Fragen ausgehend von Geschichten
No full texthttps://www.ethik-religionen-gemeinschaft.ch/buchs-verschweigen-oder-zumuten
GESELLSCHAFTLICHE FUNKTION DES BUCHS. PROBLEMATIK DER FORSCHUNGSMETHODEN
No full textGesellschäftliche Funktion des Buchs im buchwissenschaftlichen Sinne das ist
vor allem ein Einfluss des Buchs auf dem Leser, dagegen ist unwichtiger literarische
oder wissenschaftliche Wert des Buchs. Ein Forschungsobjekt für Buchwissenschaftler
ist auch ein Zweck des Schreiben und Veröffentlichen ein Buch.
Forschungsmethoden sollen in Betracht ziehen:
1) Wissen von der Zeit, in der ist das Buch geschrieben und Wissen von der
Zeit, welche ist im Buch vorgestellt,
2) Wissen von der Zeit, von welcher entspringen die Äusserungen über das
Buch,
3) endlich, Wissen von Quellen, welches ist notwendig für ihrer Beurteilung.
Eine Vielfältigkeit der Forschungsthematik - also die Vielfältigkeit der
Quellen - bedingt einer Ausnutzung nicht nur archivalischer und veräffentlicher
Quellen, sondern bedingt wiederholt eines Gestalten der Quellen durch den Forscher,
zum Beispiel Umfrage, Interview u.a.
Gesellschaftliche Funktion des Buchs ist nur ein Teil der Buchsforschungen.
Ihrer Ergänzung - und richtig ihrer integraler Teil - sind Forschungen der sozialen
Bedingtheiten des Buchs, das ist eine Aufklärung der Bedingungen in welchen
ist das Buch geschrieben und herausgegeben. Eine Forschung dieser beiden
Problemen, gesellschaftlicher Funktion und sozialer Bedingtheiten des Buchs, kann
erst volle Aufklärung der Rolle, Funktion und Bedeutung des Buchs sein
Barbara Schmid von Buchs
No full textSonderdruck aus: Festschrift "1100 Jahre Buchs"Enthält: Vorwort von Konrad Grendelmeier; Barbara Schmid (1720-1788) von Roland Stiefel; Chronikalische Notizen aus dem Furttal über das Jahr 196
Vom Weinbau in Buchs
No full textEnthält: Vom Weinbau in Buchs von Konrad Grendelmeier; Chronikalische Notizen aus dem Furttal über das Jahr 196
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