For a fair and effective industrial climate transition
ABSTRACT: Europe’s industrial base needs to undergo a swift and persistent transformation towards carbon neutrality and circularity, but this transition must happen in a fair…
Resource Type: Report
Trends in the Emissions Trading System in the EU and in Greece
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The EU Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) is the flagship of the European Union (EU) climate policy. It was established in 2005 and is…
Pricing is just the icing
This report explores the role of carbon pricing in delivering rapid and deep building decarbonisation across the European Union. It makes the case for the…
Additional profits of sectors and firms from the EU ETS
SUMMARY: This study has calculated the additional profits that sectors and companies have made from the EU ETS between 2008 to 2019 for the fifteen…
Searching for carbon leaks in multinational companies
Abstract Does unilateral climate change policy cause companies to shift the location of production, thereby creating carbon leakage? In this paper, we analyse the effect…
Raising the EU 2030 GHG Emission Reduction Target
Preamble The political debate on raising the EU’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target for 2030 from at least 40 per cent up to 55…
The EU’s Emissions Trading System: free allocation of allowances needed better targeting
Executive summary The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is one of the main challenges of our times. The EU has established a series of climate…
Van een defensief naar een offensief industrieel klimaatbeleid
DOEL VAN DEZE STUDIE (PURPOSE OF THE STUDY): Om de urgente klimaatcrisis het hoofd te bieden moet de Europese economie vóór 2050 koolstofneutraal zijn. Dat…
EU ETS up to 2030: Adjusting the Cap in light of the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report and the Paris Agreement
Abstract We derive an EU ETS budget compatible with the Paris Agreement based on cost-effectiveness criteria, using a target of limiting global warming to 1.5…
Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness: Are they at Odds?
Abstract This paper reviews ex-post empirical assessments on the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness in OECD and G20 countries in the electricity and industrial…
