A post by Emily Wimberger (Rhodium Group), external collaborator of the project LIFE DICET Last month, British-American comedian John Oliver took aim at carbon offsets on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight. The segment was motivated by commitments of regions, Read More …
A post by Jürg Füssler* (INFRAS), external collaborator of the project LIFE DICET The direct linking of emission trading systems seems not to be gaining significant traction. In that situation, the use of offsets for compliance with emission caps in Read More …
A post by Justin Macinante (Edinburgh Law School) Tradable permit schemes, such as for emissions trading, have been an innovative addition to climate change policymakers’ repertoire. Yet, to date, emissions trading schemes (ETSs) have failed to live up to their Read More …
A post by John Ward (Pengwern Associates and LSE) and Josh Burke (LSE) In 2016 the UK voted for Brexit and with it came regulatory disentanglement from the EU. Amongst other areas of policy, this included multilateral co-operation on carbon Read More …
A post by Giulio Galdi (University of Trento) and Albert Ferrari (FSR) While the climate crisis has taken the backseat in social and mass media lately (for very understandable reasons), it is far from getting better. By contrast, recent overlapping Read More …
A post by Kenneth Bruninx (University of Leuven) and Marten Ovaere (Ghent University) The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a key policy instrument to support the cost-efficient transition to a carbon-neutral society. It puts a binding, annually Read More …
A post by the LIFE DICET project team On 16 February 2021, Simone Borghesi, Director of FSR Climate and of the project LIFE DICET, was invited by a consortium of French universities and institutions to speak at SWEEET – a Read More …
A post by Alberto Pototschnig (FSR Energy) Since 2005, the EU Emission Trading System has been the main instrument for pursuing the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Europe within the sectors it covers. It does so by providing a Read More …
A post by Stefano F. Verde A consequence of linking two or more emissions trading systems (ETSs) is that the respective prices of emission allowances are co-determined. In a bilateral linkage – as in a multilateral one – allowance prices Read More …
A post by Simone Lucatello, Senior researcher at Instituto Mora and Coordinating author of the IPCC for the next climate change Assessment Report (AR6) Over the past few years and under the Paris Agreement reduction pledges, many countries in the Read More …
