management practice as well as land use on biodiversity. It is argued that subsidies as AES should promote environmental …-friendly land use which, in turn, should lead to biodiversity conservation. First results show that AES promotes ecological land use … rather than extensive agricultural practice. Furthermore, AES is predominantly allocated in biodiversity rich counties and …

Ambitious unilateral EU environmental policy has raised concerns about adverse competitiveness implications for … measures to address these concerns in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS): border tax adjustments (BTA) and the Clean … policy on energy-intensive and export-oriented industries. The regulatory protection of these industries via subsidies for EU …