Shaping the Global Arena: Preparing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the post-2012 Period

Download or read book Shaping the Global Arena: Preparing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the post-2012 Period written by Noriko Fujiwara and published by CEPS. This book was released on 2007 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an assessment of the EU ETS, this CEPS Task Force Report tests the performance of four different design models (a cap-and-trade system based on free allocation, benchmarks, auctioning and a credit-and-baseline system) against 10 criteria under three headings: environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency and the contribution of the ETS to achieving long-term climate change policy objectives. Based on this assessment, the report makes a number of recommendations in the area of allocation, creation of investment incentives and the merits of including new sectors and new gases. The report also addresses the particular challenge of completing the EU ETS review before a global post-2012 agreement can be reached, i.e. the EU ETS will be reviewed against an unknown global context.