Emissions trading & competitiveness: allocations, incentives and industrial competitiveness under the EU emissions trading scheme

In: Climate policy, v. 6, issue 1

Abstract

Complying with the forthcoming tightening of CO2 emission allocations in the EU may mean big bills for the industries affected. In this special issue of Climate Policy journal leading experts examine the impacts on competitiveness and the commercial incentives available from the CO2 allowance allocations under the methodologies and whether and if so at what stage the ETS itself may need to be amended. The study is multidisciplinary combining economic legal and policy analysis with specific studies of impacts on electricity cement and other industrial sectors and the allocation issues. It b.