Thema Klimapolitik

Non-Emission Products and Services in Sweden

Non-Emission Products and Services in Sweden

2nd Workshop on Policy Design for a Climate-Friendly Materials Sector

Materials are central to our economies – but their production also dominates industrial greenhouse gas emissions. It is therefore not possible for Europe to reach an 80-95% emission reduction target without significant emission reductions from the materials sector. While some production efficiency improvements and fuel shifting to lower carbon inputs have been achieved in sectors such as...

Simulating Climate and Energy Policy with Agent-Based Modelling: the Energy Modelling Laboratory (Emlab)

We present an approach to simulate climate and energy policy for the EU, using a flexible and modular agent-based modelling approach and a toolbox, called the Energy Modelling Laboratory (EMLab). The paper shortly reviews core challenges and approaches for modelling climate and energy policy in light of the energy transition. Afterwards, we present an agent-based model of investment in power generation ...

Benchmarks for Emissions Trading – General Principles for Emissions Scope

Greenhouse gas emission benchmarks are widely implemented as a policy tool, as more countries move to implement carbon pricing mechanisms for industrial emissions. In particular, benchmarks are used to determine the level of free allowance allocation in emission trading schemes, which are distributed as a measure to prevent carbon leakage. This paper analyses how benchmark designs impact firms’ production ...

Time-Consistent Carbon Pricing

In this paper we show that carbon pricing is subject to time-inconsistency and we investigate solutions to improve on the problem and restore the incentive for the private sector to invest in low-carbon innovation. We show that a superior price- investment equilibrium can be sustained in the long-term, if the policy-maker is enough forward looking and allowed to build reputation. In the short-term, ...

Project-Based Carbon Contracts: A Way to Finance Innovative Low-Carbon Investments

Low and uncertain carbon prices are often stated as a major obstacle for industrial sector investments in technologies to deliver deep emissions reductions. Project-based carbon contracts underwritten by national governments could addressregulatory risk, lower financing costs and strengthen incentives for emission reductions at investment and operation stage. In this paper design options for project-based ...

Das Kyoto-Protokoll feiert 20. Geburtstag

Am 11 . Dezember 2017 jährt sich die Verabschiedung des Kyoto-Protokolls zum 20. Mal. Grund genug, zurückzublicken auf die Implementierung dieses ersten bedeutenden Klimaschutzabkommens und zu fragen, welche Erfahrungen gemacht und Lehren daraus gezogen wurden. Die wichtigste davon: Die internationale Formulierung von Emissionsminderungszielen reicht für eine effektive Klimapolitik nicht aus. Deswegen ...

Using Public Procurement as a Decarbonisation Policy: A Look at Germany

Public authorities spend large proportions of their GDP on goods and services and are therefore responsible for a significant share of embedded emissions. Given this large impact, governments have the responsibility of decarbonizing their purchases, as well as the potential to influence markets towards sustainability. So-called ‘Green Public Procurement’ (GPP) consists in the use of environmental criteria ...

Öffentliche Beschaffung als Dekarbonisierungsmaßnahme: Ein Blick auf Deutschland

Die öffentliche Hand gibt große Anteile des Bruttoinlandsprodukts für Waren und Dienstleistungen aus und ist somit für einen erheblichen Anteil der Treibhausgasemissionen verantwortlich. Angesichts dieser beträchtlichen Auswirkungen steht der Staat einerseits in der Verantwortung, möglichst emissionsarm einzukaufen, und verfügt andererseits über das Potenzial, Märkte zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit zu bewegen. ...