Das vorliegende Dokument ist die Stellungnahme zum ersten Fortschrittsbericht und zum jährlichen Monitoring-Bericht der Bundesregierung. Im Fortschrittsbericht 2014 soll im Unterschied zu den rein faktenbasierten und vergangenheitsbezogenen Monitoring-Berichten eine weitreichendere Beurteilung...

Current climate and energy policy has to operate under an ex-ante unforeseen economic crisis. An obvious consequence is the collapse of prices for carbon emission allowances as, for example, seen in the European Union. However, this price collapse may be amplified by the interaction of a carbon...

In the absence of an international agreement on climate policy, unilateral carbon abatement creates two problems: It tends to have a detrimental effect on domestic competitiveness, and it leads to an increase in carbon emissions abroad (leakage). This paper analyses two policies that have...