The European Commission has recently defined in different Communications its vision for climate and energy policies in the medium and long term, setting ambitious targets for 2030. In its Communication on a…
The research questions that we answered in this work were as follows:What distribution effects can result from environmental regulation in the form of excise taxes for households of different income levels and…
The energy sector is central to worldwide climate protection strategies as it produces a large amount of carbon emissions. However, the effect of emissions reduction policies such as the EU Emissions Trading…
The overall aim of the research project STEP_BY_STEP is to investigate behavioral responses to different energy conservation campaigns at the household level in four different European countries (Spain, Italy, …
First, the project summarized the main definition concepts of a circular economy and clarified the relationship to related concepts such as green growth and eco-innovation. Second, the project estimated the…
The objective of this project was to explore future options for a regulatory framework in the EU targeting the reduction of CO2 from road transport after the compliance to the 95 grams per kilometre target in …
CARISMA aims to contribute to the overarching objective of a sustainable, climate-resilient economy and society in the European Union and beyond. The project makes a contribution in the field of climate change…
Eco-innovations are considered a central enabler for a green economy and for a sustainable development while not threatening the competitiveness of the European Economy. The inter- and transdisciplinary project…
The European Commission was discussing the introduction of a market stability reserve (MSR) for stabilizing market prices within the EU emission trading system (EU ETS). To assess the likely effect of such an MSR,…