La mise en place d'une taxe carbone nationale implique de prendre en compte les mécanismes de tarification des émissions de gaz à effet de serre déjà existants. Cet article dresse d'abord le bilan du fonctionnement du marché européen en termes de transactions et de prix. Il montre combien...

To prepare for the first Kyoto Protocol commitment period (from 2008 to 2012) it decided to set up a European market for trading carbon dioxide by 2005. The volumes traded on this market and the solidity of its institutional foundation rapidly made it the epicentre of the global carbon market....

The electricity sector is the single most important EU ETS sector and will have determinant role in EU ETS emissions and emissions reductions. As such, understanding the reaction of the sector to EUA or carbon permit prices, both in the short-term (production) and in the long-term (investment)...