Publications

What Influences Public Acceptance of the Current Policies to Reduce GHG Emissions?

Climate politics cannot be successful unless a majority of various groups of people support climate policies. Public resistance and related reluctance among politicians to pursue unpopular policies are factors that can inhibit the successful implementation of climate policies. This report therefore analysis factors that affect public acceptability of current climate policies.

Abating CO2 emissions in the building sector: the role of carbon pricing and regulations

This report assesses the efficiency of carbon pricing and regulation in the French residential sector both in terms of energy consumption reduction and distributive effects between tenants and landlords in collective or individual dwellings and social housing.

Understanding the Impacts & Limitations of the Current EU Climate Policy instrument Mix

Synthesis & Conclusion

This report synthesises the outputs from the series of sector‐specific and cross‐sectoral studies produced under Work Package 2 – ‘Understanding the Impacts and Limitations of the Current Instrument Mix in Detail’ of the CECILIA2050 project. Each publication of this series can be downloaded from the CECILIA2050 Website.

Inducing Greenhouse Gas Abating Innovations through Policy Packages

Ex Post Assessments from EU Sectors

This report assesses whether and to what extent energy and environmental policy instruments have been relevant forces behind the adoption of environmental innovations in the EU. The report takes a sectoral perspective that is theoretically based on neo Schumpeterian evolutionary theory to qualitatively investigate the factors that characterise the adoption of techno-organisational innovations aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and abating CO2 through interviews with industry representatives of key EU sectors.

Food and Agriculture

The Current Policy Mix

The report assesses the current greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policy instruments in food and agriculture in the European Union (EU). The assessment of the food and agricultural policy mix is based on the criteria developed in Task 1.1 of the CECILIA2050 project and covers therefore the following three dimensions: environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency, and feasibility. The latter is further subdivided into the three aspects of administrative, political, and legal feasibility.

The Effect of Key EU Climate Policies on the EU Power Sector

An Analysis of the EU ETS, Renewable Electricity and Renewable Energy Directives

This report discusses the extent to which key climate policies in the European Union (EU) such as the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) and renewable electricity support policies have influenced the development of the EU’s power sector. Therefore, this paper assesses the impact of the EU ETS, Renewable Electricity Directive and Renewable Energy Directive on various aspects of the power sector (Electricity Generation, Electricity Capacity, Electricity Prices, Electricity Trading, and Emissions Abatement) in the EU and selected member states.

Climate Policies and the Transport Sector

Analysis of Policy Instruments, their Interactions, Barriers and Constraints, and resulting Effects on Consumer Behaviour

The study takes a closer look at the policy-induced price signals that affect transport in Europe (and abroad) with a focus on road private transport in particular.

Impact of the current economic instruments on economic activity

Understanding the Existing Climate Policy Mix

This study applies the global economic environmental model GINFORS to analyse the economic wide effects of current policy instrument mixes concerning economic instruments. GINFORS is especially suited for this task, because it is an econometric model and allows for a realistic analysis of policy impacts, as country structures and sectoral interdependencies are reported in deep sector detail. In addition, the theory behind the model has been evaluated, allowing only equations to enter the system, which have passed statistical testing.

International competitiveness and markets

This report assesses the effects of the current policy mix on international competitiveness and markets. The report starts with the development of an analytical framework of competitiveness, which is largely based on works of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission. Secondly, it provides a comprehensive review of literature on the relationship between climate policy and industrial competitiveness, with a focus on Europe.

Understanding the impacts and limitations of the current instrument mix in detail: industrial sector

The Emission Trading Scheme of the European Union (EU ETS) is the main policy tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the manufacturing industry. This report assesses whether the EU ETS had an impact on reducing the CO2 emissions in the cement sector. In addition, the report analyzes, whether the EU ETS has generated carbon leakage in the cement and steel sectors.

The Role of Law and Institutions in Shaping European Climate Policy

Institutional and legal implications of the current climate policy instrument mix

This report provides a conceptual, a legal and an institutional overview of the European Union as well as three Member States – Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom – to highlight prominent regulatory approaches. The three Member States were chosen for their contrasting characteristics: they represent different legal systems, different approaches to governance, and different historical attitudes towards certain regulatory approaches.