Suchergebnisse

Introduction -- The fundamentals of linking -- Setting the scene: EU climate policy and the design and development of the EU Emissions Trading System -- A failed inking attempt: the EU Emissions Trading System and the California Cap-and-Trade Program -- A successful linking process between the EU Emissions Trading System and the Switzerland Emissions Trading System -- An agreed-upon, but unrealized link: the EU Emissions Trading System and the Australia Carbon Pricing Mechanism -- Linking is dominated by domestic political interests, domestic structures and international developments -- Linking in the climate policy debate and future prospects.

Recently many regions worldwide have implemented emissions trading systems (ETSs) to cap greenhouse gas emissions. These initiatives may hold the potential of providing a new bottom-up architecture for international climate policy. Cooperation or 'linkage' between regional emissions trading systems would improve their efficiency. Yet, linking has been realized only on very few occasions.This article deals with the question why linking of ETSs, especially between the EU and California, is still lagging behind. It seeks to go beyond common approaches and focuses on political difficulties that arise for regions that do not have the status and the mandate of a nation state.

China und die USA, Frankreich und Polen: wie ist es um die Klimapolitik dieser vier Volkswirtschaften bestellt? Unsere Autorinnen untersuchen in Washington und Peking zwei machtvolle Player, ohne die beim globalen Klimaschutz nicht viel geht; dazu kommen zwei große EU-Staaten, die nicht nur auf diesem Feld derzeit vieles trennt. was alle vier allerdings eint: nirgends hat das Thema Top-Priorität, die Argumente sind meist ökonomische . Von Smog und Wachstum, Braunkohle und Klimaskeptikern - eine Reise in vier Etappen. (IP)