Inclusion of Consumption in Emissions Trading

Original reports

Inclusion of Consumption of Carbon Intensive Material in Emissions Trading (PDF, 0.77 MB) 
Climate Strategies Report, May 2016

Ergänzung des Emissionshandels: Anreize für einen klimafreundlicheren Verbrauch emissionsintensiver Grundstoffe (PDF, 191.79 KB)
DIW Wochenbericht 27/2016

Updated policy briefs

Climate Contribution and its role in European industrial decarbonization (2020), WISE Europe

Green Deal for Industry: A Clear Policy Framework Is More Important Than Funding, DIW Weekly Report 10 / 2021

Green Deal für die Industrie: Wichtiger als Förderung sind klare Rahmenbedingungen, DIW Wochenbericht 10 / 2021, S. 153-162

Technical analysis

Pricing Carbon Consumption: A Review of an Emerging Trend (PDF, 430.64 KB)
DIW Discussion Papers 1620/2016

Policy Summary (PDF, 0.56 MB) 
Inclusion of Consumption of Carbon Intensive Material in Emissions Trading 
Climate Strategies Policy Summary, May 2016

Inclusion of Consumption into Emissions Trading Systems: Legal Design and Practical Administration
DIW Discussion Papers 1579/2016

Quantifying Impact of Inclusion of Consumption Based Charge for Carbon Intensive Materials on Products  (PDF, 2 MB)
DIW Discussion Papers 1570/2016

Refined version: Carbon Pricing of Basic Materials: Incentives and Risks for the Value Chain and Consumers (2021) DIW Discussionpaper 1935 / 2021

Inclusion of Consumption into the EU ETS: The Legal Basis under European Union Law
RECIEL Journal Vol. 24 (3), 2015

Follow up analysis: Border Carbon Adjustments and Alternative Measures for the EU ETS: An Evaluation (2020), DIW Discussion Paper 1855

Preceeding sector level analysis

Steel Report: Carbon Control Post 2020 in Energy Intensive Industries (2014), Climate Strategies Report

The Cement Report: Carbon Control and Competitiveness Post 2020 (2014), Climate Strategies Report

The pulp and paper overview paper -Sector analysis for the Climate Strategies Project on Inclusion of Consumption in Carbon Pricing (2016)

The pulp and paper overview paper

This project is led jointly by Climate Strategies and DIW Berlin and delivered by a multidisciplinary, international team of researchers from a number of institutions, representing various fields (EU law and institutions, climate policy and economics, energy market and infrastructure policy and economics).

Advisory Group

Maurits Henkemans – Chair
Chang Hoon Lee, Korean Environment Institute
Carl de Mare, Karl Buttiens, Arcelor Mittal
Rob van der Meer, Heidelberg Cement
Sam Van Den Plas, WWF
Wang Yi, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Science

Researchers contributing to papers of the Inclusion of Consumption projects

William Acworth, DIW Berlin, Germany
Andrzej Ancygier, Hertie School of Governance, Germany
John Barrett, University of Leeds, UK
Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future
Manuel Haußner, University of Erlangen, Nürnberg
Roland Ismer, University of Erlangen, Nürnberg
Hanna-Liisa Kangas, Finnish Environment Institute
Yong-Gun Kim, Korea Environment Institute
Clayton Munnings, Resources for the Future
Anne Owen, University of Leeds, UK
Stefan Pauliuk, Freiburg University, Germany
Jean-Pierre Ponssard, CNRS, France
Philippe Quirion, CIRED, France
Susanna Roth, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL)
Nagore Sabio, UCL Energy Institute, UK
Oliver Sartor, Institute für Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Misato Sato, London School of Economics, UK
Anne Schopp, DIW Berlin, Germany
Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Richard Wood, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Zhang Xiliang, Tsinghua University, China
Lars Zetterberg, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL)

Over the course of the first year of the project, several workshops were held side-to-side to steering committee meetings. The following provides a list of the meetings, including links to agendas and presenations, starting with the most recent event.