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Making China the transition to a low-carbon economy : key challenges and responses
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
development. Specifically, to meet the grand goal involves not only capping China’s nationwide coal consumption to let it peak …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391849
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Energy price reform in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2018
reforms for coal, petroleum products, natural gas, electricity and renewable power in China, and provides some analysis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850316
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Carbon emissions trading in China : the evolution from pilots to a nationwide scheme
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
The Chinese central government has approved the seven pilot carbon trading schemes. These seven pilot regions are deliberately selected to be at varying stages of development and are given considerable leeway to design their own schemes. These pilot trading schemes have features in common, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513963
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Crossing the river by feeling the stones : the case of carbon trading in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
Putting a price on carbon is considered a crucial step for China's endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions. Indeed, aligned with China's grand experiment with low-carbon provinces and low-carbon cities in six provinces and thirty-six cities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493045
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An economic assessment of low-carbon investment flows in the U.S. power sector
Wang, Lu; Favero, Alice; Brown, Marilyn A. - 2016
This study used the GT NEMS model to analyze how the proposed federal regulation on carbon emissions will impact investments in the U.S. electricity generating capacity at the federal and Census Division level for 2016-2030. Results show that in order to reduce emissions by 32% by 2030,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591839
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Towards an inclusive energy transition beyond coal : a comparison of just transition policies away from coal between China, the EU and the US
Zhu, Erpu; Campbell, Loyle; Hafner, Manfred; Lu, Xinqing; … - 2021
comparing the current state of the coal sector and just transition policies away from coal. How can social justice in the energy … transition policies and legislations for workers and communities impacted by the coal phase down or phase out in recent years … work towards ensuring the integration of coal workers and coal communities into the clean economy in the process of coal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814525
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Using the market to address climate change : insights from theory and experience
Aldy, Joseph E.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2011
Emissions of greenhouse gases linked with global climate change are affected by diverse aspects of economic activity, including individual consumption, business investment, and government spending. An effective climate policy will have to modify the decision calculus for these activities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310299
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The SO2 allowance trading system : the ironic history of a grand policy experiment
Schmalensee, Richard; Stavins, Robert N. - 2012
Two decades have passed since the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 launched a grand experiment in market-based environmental policy: the SO2 cap-and-trade system. That system performed well but created four striking ironies. First, by creating this system to reduce SO2 emissions to curb acid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009611866
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Energy prices, subsidies and resource tax reform in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014
energy types. This paper discusses the evolution of price reforms for coal, petroleum products, natural gas and electricity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403532
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China's carbon market : development, evaluation, coordination of local and national carbon markets and common prosperity
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2022
To achieve the commitments to both carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, China should focus on those policies of significant impact on emissions reduction at the lowest cost. Launching the national carbon market with the power generation sector is a good start point in this direction. Since its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013438629