Linking the European Union Emissions Trading System: Political Drivers and Barriers

ISBN-13: 9780367429690 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 132 str.

Charlotte Unger

Opis

This book focuses on the linking of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) with other independent regional ETS. It will be of great interest to scholars and policymakers working in climate policy and EU environmental politics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Fundamentals of Linking  3. EU Climate Policy and the Design and Development of the EU Emissions Trading System  4. The EU Emissions Trading System and the California Cap-and-Trade Program  5. A Successful Linking Process between the EU Emissions Trading System and the Switzerland Emissions Trading System  6.  The EU Emissions Trading System and the Australia Carbon Pricing Mechanism  7. Linking is Dominated by Domestic Political Interests, Domestic Structures and International Developments  8. Linking in the Climate Policy Debate and Future Prospects

O autorze

Charlotte Unger is a senior research associate at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany. She acquired her PhD in political sciences from the Technical University of Munich and has previously worked for various research institutions and think tanks such as the Technical University Berlin, Environmental Action Germany, and the International Carbon Action Partnership.