This report analyses the influence of the Cap and Trade (CaT) system and the electricity market in California along two main questions: How do CaT design features affect the environmental effectiveness of the system and the quality of the carbon price signal? How do electricity market design...

This report analyses the influence of the design features of China’s pilot emissions trading systems (ETS) in the Province of Hubei and the Municipal City of Shenzhen and the development of the electricity markets on the quality of the carbon price signal. Based on publicly available data and...

To achieve the turnaround towards carbon neutrality, countries need to take much more ambitious action in this decade. One of the key fields of action is the transition of the energy sector –from fossil to renewable fuels, while drastically reducing energy consumption. This paperdiscusses...

Der vorliegende Bericht präsentiert Vermeidungskostenkurven für Treibhausgasemissionen (THG-VKK) im stationären Teil des Emissionshandelssystems der Europäischen Union (stationäres EU ETS) für die Jahre 2030 und 2040. Sie umfassen alle 31, am EU ETS beteiligten Länder (inkl....

Dieses Gutachten untersucht das Zusammenspiel und die Kombination des EU-Innovationsfonds (IF) mit anderen Förderprogrammen auf EU und deutscher Ebene. Der Fokus liegt auf der EUETS Industrie und der Förderung von Sprunginnovationen mit einem hohen Potenzial zur Dekarbonisierung. Neben...

The effectiveness of carbon pricing as a market-based policy tool with economy-wide transformation potential has increasingly rendered it the instrument of choice among policy makers responding to challenges posed by climate change. However, the potential for jurisdictions to introduce carbon...