Pricing carbon: the european union emissions trading scheme / by A. Denny

By:

Ellerman, A. Denny

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cambridge :Description: xxi,368pISBN:

9780521196475

Subject(s):

Emissions trading --European Union countries

DDC classification:

363.738746 ELL-P

Contents:

1.Introduction -- 2.Origins and development of the EU ETS -- 3.Allowance allocation -- 4.Effects of free allocation -- 5.Market development -- 6.Emissions abatement -- 7.Industrial competitiveness -- 8.Costs -- 9.Linkage and global implications -- 10.Conclusions

Summary: The European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the world's largest market for carbon and the most significant multinational initiative ever taken to mobilize markets to protect the environment. It will be an important influence on the development and implementation of trading schemes in the US, Japan, and elsewhere. However, as is true of any pioneering public policy experiment, this scheme has generated much controversy. Pricing Carbon provides the first detailed description and analysis of the EU ETS, focusing on the first 'trial' period of the scheme (2005-7). Written by an international team of experts, it allows readers to get behind the headlines and come to a better understanding of what was done and what happened based on a dispassionate, empirically based review of the evidence. This book should be read by anyone who wants to know what happens when emissions are capped, traded, and priced.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-2	Non Fiction	363.738746 ELL-P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004674

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1.Introduction --
2.Origins and development of the EU ETS --
3.Allowance allocation --
4.Effects of free allocation --
5.Market development --
6.Emissions abatement --
7.Industrial competitiveness --
8.Costs --
9.Linkage and global implications --
10.Conclusions

The European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the world's largest market for carbon and the most significant multinational initiative ever taken to mobilize markets to protect the environment. It will be an important influence on the development and implementation of trading schemes in the US, Japan, and elsewhere. However, as is true of any pioneering public policy experiment, this scheme has generated much controversy. Pricing Carbon provides the first detailed description and analysis of the EU ETS, focusing on the first 'trial' period of the scheme (2005-7). Written by an international team of experts, it allows readers to get behind the headlines and come to a better understanding of what was done and what happened based on a dispassionate, empirically based review of the evidence. This book should be read by anyone who wants to know what happens when emissions are capped, traded, and priced.

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