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…
Topics: Investments
Carbon Contracts for Differences: their role in European industrial decarbonization
Summary In this policy brief, we focus on the implications of CCfDs and their role within such policy package. We do believe that CCfDs are…
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…
The Impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on competitiveness and carbon leakage: the econometric evidence
ABSTRACT This paper carefully surveys the econometric literature that tests for competitiveness effects and related carbon leakage caused by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU…
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…
The role of the EU ETS in increasing EU climate ambition
This study provides concrete and politically feasible proposals to strengthen the EU ETS and to achieve an enhanced target in line with the Paris Agreement.…
A just transition towards a coal-free steel industry: perspectives from labour
Abstract Limiting global warming to ‘safe’ levels will require rapid and radical reductions of greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the global economy. The…
Why does emissions trading under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) not affect firms’ competitiveness? Empirical findings from the literature
ABSTRACT Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms’ competitiveness or profitability. For the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) the empirical literature documents…
Research Handbook on Emissions Trading
This important and timely series brings together critical and thought-provoking contributions on the most pressing topics and issues within the field of climate law. The…
A Guide to European Climate Policy
This policy guide to the EU ETS aims to build knowledge and understanding of the Europe’s carbon market for civil society organizations who have little…
