Working paper by Stefano Carattini, Alessandro Tavoni on 28 Jul 2016
The market for voluntary carbon offsets has grown steadily in the last decade, yet it remains a very small niche. While 10% of greenhouse gas emissions generated by transportation are … read more »
Working paper by Paolo Falbo, Cristian Pelizzari, Luca Taschini on 20 Jul 2016
We investigate the combined effect of an Emission Trading System (ETS) and renewable energy sources on electricity generation investment in energy-only markets. We propose a simple representation of the capacity … read more »
Working paper by Stefano Carattini, Andrea Baranzini, Philippe Thalmann, Frédéric Varone, Frank Vöhringer on 21 Jun 2016
Turning greenhouse gas emissions pledges into domestic policies is the next challenge for governments. We address the question of the acceptability of cost-effective climate policy in a real-voting setting. First, … read more »
Policy publication by Misato Sato on 2 Jun 2016
A project led jointly by Climate Strategies and DIW Berlin has been exploring whether inclusion of domestic sales of selected energy intensive commodities (e.g. steel) in domestic emission trading schemes … read more »
Working paper by Misato Sato, Marta Ciszewska on 18 May 2016
International carbon offsetting can help reduce compliance costs in emissions trading schemes and at the same time support carbon mitigation projects in developing countries. A surprising observation from the European … read more »
Working paper by Will McDowall, Dimitri Zenghelis, Paul Drummond on 18 Mar 2016
The CCCEP Policy Innovation fund supported a project to explore the feasibility and perceived usefulness of an indicator of confidence in climate change policies. This final report presents the analysis … read more »
Research article by Raphael Calel, Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 4 Mar 2016
This paper investigates the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on technological change, exploiting installations level inclusion criteria to estimate the System’s causal impact on firms’ … read more »
Working paper by Luca Taschini, Sascha Kollenberg on 2 Mar 2016
This working paper analyses the design of the market stability reserve proposed as part of the reform of the European Union emissions trading system. read more »
Working paper by Andrea Baranzini, Jeroen van den Bergh, Stefano Carattini, Richard Howarth, Emilio Padilla on 11 Feb 2016
The idea of a global carbon price has been a recurrent theme in debates on international climate policy. Discarded at the Conference of Parties (COP) of Copenhagen in 2009, it … read more »
Policy publication by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Ralf Martin on 18 Jan 2016
New clean technologies are urgently required to meet long-term global climate goals. Simulating the development of these technologies has become worldwide policy priority. This policy brief uses the … read more »
