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We need a stronger carbon price to justify shale
Professor Samuel Fankhauser examines the policy measures needed to ensure shale gas extraction is commensurate with our wider climate change objectives read more »
Busting the myths around emission reduction costs
Bob Ward argues misleading comparisons and assumptions are being used to inflate the economic costs of climate change policies read more »
Nicholas Stern comments on European Commission’s proposals for European Union 2030 energy and climate package
“It is very important that European leaders accept the Commission’s proposed target for reducing emissions by 40 per cent by 2030 compared with 1990 as the minimum ambition they must set at their summit in March”. read more »
New mechanism proposed to reform the European Union Emissions Trading System
“The European Commission should reform the European Union Emissions Trading System by introducing new rules to automatically withdraw allowances when the carbon proce starts to fall too rapidly, according to a policy paper published today (22nd January, 2014) by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Economics and Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. read more »
Nicholas Stern comments on European Commission’s proposals for European Union 2030 energy and climate package
“Responding to the publication today of the European Commission’s proposals for the European Union energy and climate change package for 2030, Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on … read more »
Has the EU ETS induced low-carbon innovation?
The EU ETS is the main instrument of European climate policy, and many policymakers envisage it as a driving force of the EU’s transition to a low-carbon economy. By putting … read more »
The Australian Government’s proposals for a carbon pricing policy
Australia’s Government has put forward a carbon pricing package which is, in some respects, as significant as the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The scheme promises to be a cost-effective … read more »
Why the EU should be cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020
On 5 July 2011, the European Parliament will be asked to endorse an increase in the European Union’s target for greenhouse gas reductions, from 20 to 30 per cent by 2020 … read more »
