What have we learnt from the European union's emissions trading system?

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 12-22

  Wråke, Markus ^a   Burtraw, Dallas ^b   Löfgren, Åsa ^c   Zetterberg, Lars ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Emissions trading; EU ETS

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EMISSIONS TRADING; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR POLLUTION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EUROPEAN UNION; POWER PLANTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84859713525     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0237-2     Document Type: Article

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