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Carbon pricing potential in East and South Asia : interim report

Doda, Baran; Acworth, William; Kuneman, Ernst; Krause, Emma - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021

A broad consensus exists that carbon pricing is key for cost-effective emission reductions and that it must play a major role in driving the transition to a climate-neutral economy. However, despite significant progress in wider climate policy uptake in recent years, the vast majority of...

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Influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market : insights from selected emissions trading systems : final report

Kuneman, Ernst - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2022

This report provides an overview of the main outputs of the research project Influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market (2018-2021). The aim of the project, commissioned by the German Environment Agency, was to gain a better understanding of the impact of market...

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Headwinds and Tailwinds : Implications of Inefficient Retail Energy Pricing for Energy Substitution

Borenstein, Severin; Bushnell, James B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Electrification of transportation and buildings to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions requires massive switching from natural gas and refined petroleum products. All three end-use energy sources are mispriced due in part to the unpriced pollution they emit. Natural gas and electricity...

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Markets for Anthropogenic Carbon Within the Larger Carbon Cycle

Borenstein, Severin - 2010

Human activity has disrupted the natural balance of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and is causing climate change. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation result directly in about 9 gigatons of carbon (GtC) emissions per year against the backdrop of the natural carbon flux -- emission and...

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Carbon Pricing, Clean Electricity Standards, and Clean Electricity Subsidies on the Path to Zero Emissions

Borenstein, Severin; Kellogg, Ryan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We categorize the primary incentive-based mechanisms under consideration for addressing greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation--pricing carbon, setting intensity standards, and subsidizing clean energy--and compare their market outcomes under similar expansions of clean electricity...

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Carbon pricing potential in East and South Asia : jurisdiction factsheets and clusters : interim report

Doda, Baran; Hall, Maia; Krause, Emma; Kuneman, Ernst; … - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2022

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...

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The Californian emissions trading system and electricity market : influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market ; case study report

Abrell, Jan; Betz, Regina Annette; Kosch, Mirjam; … - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2020

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...

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The European Emissions Trading System and the German and Polish electricity market : influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market : case study report

Abrell, Jan; Betz, Regina Annette; Kosch, Mirjam - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2020

This report analyses the interaction of the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)and the German and Polish … electricity markets along two main questions: How do EU ETS design features affect the environmental effectiveness of the system … mechanism within the EU ETS –can reduce the impact of these effects on the allowance price to some extent, but does not remove …

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The Mexican emission trading system and the electricity market : influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market : case study report

Graichen, Jakob; Inclan, Carolina; La Hoz Theuer, Stephanie - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021

This report analyses the interaction of the pilot Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the electricity market in Mexico. It does so along two main questions: a) How do ETS design features affect the environmental effectiveness of the system and the quality of the carbon price signal? b) How do...

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China's pilot emission trading systems and electricity markets (Hubei and Shenzhen) : influence of market structures and market regulations on the carbon market : case study report

Zhang, Hao; Boute, Anatole; Acworth, William - Deutschland / Umweltbundesamt - 2021

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...

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