The Revision Of The Eu S Emissions Trading System

The Revision of the EU's Emissions Trading System

National Allocation Plans in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Emissions trading : lessons learnt from the 1st phase of the EU ETS and prospects for the 2nd phase / Regina Betz, Misato Sato -- EU emissions trading : an early analysis of national allocation plans for 2008-2012 / Regina Betz, Karoline Rogge, Joachim Schleich -- Emission projections 2008-2012 versus national allocation plans II / Karsten Neuhoff. [et al.] -- Implications of announced phase II national allocation plans for the EU ETS / Karsten Neuhoff. [et al.] -- New entrant allocation in the Nordic energy sectors : incentives and options in the EU ETS / Markus Ahman, Kristina Holmgren -- The environmental and economic effects of European emissions trading / Claudia Kemfert. [et al.] -- Harmonization versus decentralization in the EU ETS : an economic analysis / Pablo del Rio Gonzalez -- Simple rules for targeting CO[subscript 2] allowance allocations to compensate firms / Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Danny Kahn -- False confidences : forecasting errors and emission caps in CO[subscript 2] trading systems / Michael Grubb, Federico Ferrario.

Linking the European Union Emissions Trading System

This book focuses on the linking of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) with other independent regional ETS. While rich practical and academic research has evolved on the economic and technical side of ETS linking, political drivers and barriers have so far been underrepresented in this debate. Filling this lacuna and based on international relations theory, existing research and qualitative fieldwork, this book introduces the range of political conditions that influence linking, such as political leadership and stakeholder activity. Specifically, it analyzes which of these aspects have played a role in three different linking activities of the EU: (1) a failed linking attempt: EU ETS–California Cap-and-Trade Program; (2) a successful linking treaty: EU ETS–Switzerland Emissions Trading System; and (3) an agreed-upon but not realized link: EU ETS–Australia Carbon Pricing Mechanism. Through an interrogation of these examples, Dr. Unger concludes that it is not only the technical challenges or the overall economic benefit but rather domestic interests, structural aspects, and external international political developments that have jointly dominated linking activities, especially those in which the EU takes part. This book will be of great interest to scholars and policy-makers working in climate policy and EU environmental politics.