Methods to Evaluate Electricity Policy from Climate Perspective

Abstract

Nowadays government policies to mitigate climate change are of a wide variety and they are evaluated before and after implementation. Much research has been conducted on how climate change policy will affect the climate. However, there is very little research on policies that are not intended to mitigate or reduce climate change and which, from the policy makers’ point of view, have no relation to climate change. The goal of this study is to review the electricity policy in Latvia and the aspects that can be evaluated under this policy, and apply multiple-criteria analysis to determine on what spheres the electricity policy leaves the most positive impact – is it climate or are they consumers and other electricity market players? The outcome of the analysis shows that, at the national level, the most positive impact on climate is provided by the National Energy and Climate Plan, indicating that climate is taken into consideration mostly only under complex multi-sectoral legislation.

Similarity of TOPSIS results based on criterion variability: Case study on public economic

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“…Selection of the TOPSIS method for the purposes of our research was based on its previous successful use in resolving decision-making problems of a similar nature. Its application can be found in the environmental [ 28 – 30 ], transport [ 31 , 32 ], logistical [ 33 ] and many other fields (see [ 34 , 35 ]).…”

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