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Rescuing EU Emissions Trading: The Climate Policy Flagship
Jorgen Wettestad
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Description for Rescuing EU Emissions Trading: The Climate Policy Flagship
Hardback. Num Pages: 132 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
This book draws upon a meticulous study of background documents and a string of fresh interviews to tell the fascinating story of how the EU's climate flagship was significantly improved. The EU's emissions trading system (ETS) covers almost half of its greenhouse gas emissions and has been hailed as the cornerstone and flagship of EU climate policy. But in spring 2013 the ETS was in severe crisis, with a huge surplus of allowances and a sagging carbon price. Even a formally simple measure to change the timing of auctioning was initially rejected by the European Parliament. Two years later a ... Read more
This book draws upon a meticulous study of background documents and a string of fresh interviews to tell the fascinating story of how the EU's climate flagship was significantly improved. The EU's emissions trading system (ETS) covers almost half of its greenhouse gas emissions and has been hailed as the cornerstone and flagship of EU climate policy. But in spring 2013 the ETS was in severe crisis, with a huge surplus of allowances and a sagging carbon price. Even a formally simple measure to change the timing of auctioning was initially rejected by the European Parliament. Two years later a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
119
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137566737
SKU
V9781137566737
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Jorgen Wettestad
Jorgen Wettestad is Research Professor at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo, Norway. He has published several books and numerous articles on international and EU environmental policy, with particular attention to emissions trading. Torbjorg Jevnaker is Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo, Norway. She has contributed to books and journals on EU energy ... Read more
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