This time from academic economists at Oxford University.
“A study co-authored by Robert Ritz of Nuffield College, to be presented to the Royal Economic Society’s annual conference next week, said the plan to auction up to 10 per cent of the allowances in 2008-2012, with the rest distributed to companies free, amounted to a substantial [...]
The EU leader’s summit meeting yesterday agreed to cut carbon emissions from 1990 levels overall by 20% by 2020. Perhaps not far enough, but at least a step in the right direction.
“BBC world affairs correspondent Nick Childs says there is an air of real achievement in Brussels.
But, he says, the compromises [...]
Donald MacKenzie, professor of sociology at Edinburgh University and a prominent sociologist of economics, has written an article reviewing the political economy of carbon emissions trading, available from his web-page here. The article is a gentle introduction to the history and structure of the emissions trading, for anyone reading this who is new to [...]
The automobile industry and the German Government have apparently been successful in pushing the EC for looser emissions targets for vehicles, according to this Guardian report yesterday.
“The 27-strong commission is expected to vote on proposals to impose a mandatory CO2 emissions limit of 130g a kilometre on all new cars from 2012. Its original [...]
The EC’s Commissioner for the Environment is seeking to force motor vehicle manufacturers to cut carbon emissions by a quarter, according to a report in the FT. However, these proposals for more stringent requirements have not yet been accepted as official EC policy.
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