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Case-Study: CO2 Tax in Switzerland
This case study is part of a series of six studies which show good practice examples for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors covered under the Effort Sharing Legislation. It has been developed on behalf of the European…
Options for Strengthening Natural Carbon Sinks and Reducing Land Use Emissions in the EU
Working paper
This report provides an overview and assessment of seven options for sink enhancement and reduction of emissions in the EU land use sector and is targeted towards policymakers and EU policy stakeholder groups.
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Optimal supply chains and power sector benefits of green hydrogen
Green hydrogen can help to decarbonize parts of the transportation sector, but its power sector interactions are not well understood so far. It may contribute to integrating variable renewable energy sources if production is sufficiently…
An open tool for creating battery-electric vehicle time series from empirical data, emobpy
There is substantial research interest in how future fleets of battery-electric vehicles will interact with the power sector. Various types of energy models are used for respective analyses. they depend on meaningful input parameters, in…
NDC Design
Systematic analysis
The Paris Agreement on climate change includes a five-year cycle to increase ambition for reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement. Part of this cycle is the submission of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which detail the…
Integration of maritime transport in the EU Emissions Trading System
Maritime transport contributes 2-3% to global greenhouse gas emissions. It is, nevertheless, the only sector which is not yet subject to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets and policies in the European Union (EU). It is imperative…
Technical assistance for assessing options to establish an EU-wide green label with a view to promote the use of renewable energy coming from new installations
Final report under framework contract MOVE/ENER/SRD/498-2016 Lot 3
This report defines and assesses options to establish an EU-wide green label with a view to promote the use of renewable energy coming from new installations as required by Art. 19 (13) of the Renewable Energy Directive recast (EU)…
Ammonia as a marine fuel
Risks and perspectives
The decarbonization of the shipping sectorultimatelyrequiresthe switch to alternative post-fossil fuels. Ammonia has recently received increasing attention as a potential marine fuelthat could drive thisdecarbonization.In the context of…
Ecological Steering with Value-Added Tax and Taxes on Consumption
FFU-Report 02-2021
The focus in this policy paper is on environment-related taxes that address the level of consumption. Various arguments are made in favor of the introduction of such consumption-based taxes.
Agenda Heat transition 2021
Executive Summary - Study commissioned by Stiftung Klimaneutralität and Agora Energiewende
The core of the report is the elaboration of a set of policy instruments aimed at achieving the climate protection targets of the building sector. The inertia characterizing the sector requires that the necessary developments, such as…
Environmental and socioeconomic footprints of the German bioeconomy
Hoping to support sustainability, countries have established policies to foster the bioeconomy (BE), based on the use of biomass and knowledge on biological principles. However, appropriate monitoring is still lacking. We estimate global…
The role of Artificial Intelligence in the European Green Deal
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be deployed for a wide range of applications to promote the goals of the European Green Deal. However, adverse environmental impacts of AI could jeopardise the attainment of these goals. The report…
Analysis of options for determining OMGE, SOP and Transition within Article 6
Implications of policy decisions for international crediting under the Paris Agreement
This report explores three key unresolved issues in international negotations on the rules for international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: achieving an overall mitigation in global emissions (OMGE), collecting a…
ISGAN Regulatory Sandbox 2.0 Project
Policy Messages to the Clean Energy Ministerial
Innovation is among the most important levers to successfully cope with the challenges of climate and energy policy. Therefore, it is important to complement conventional approaches of piloting technological solutions and to make sure…
Structural Supply Side Management in EU ETS
Reviewing the Market Stability Reserve
The review of the market stability reserve (MSR) is one of the key elements of the forthcoming reform of the EU ETS. This report assesses if the MSR is designed in a way that it can fulfil its pur-pose to provide sufficient supply-side…
Options for regulating the climate impacts of aviation
Aviation is the most environmentally-damaging mode of transport and contributes substantially to global warming. At the same time, aviation enjoys numerous privileges compared to other modes of transport. Kerosene is exempt from the…
Model-based evaluation of decentralised electricity markets at different phases of the German energy transition
This paper investigates small-scale decentralised markets in the German electricity system. In our case decentralised markets are defined as regions in which regional electricity demand is met primarily by regional generators. The…
2030 Climate Target: Review of LULUCF Regulation
Background paper for the workshop of the ENVI Committee on 25/05/2021
This background paper provides an overview of current trends of emissions and re-movals in the LULUCF sector, the existing system to monitor, report and account for emissions and removals and outlines the policy options for a revised…
Including transport sectors in the EU ETS
Background paper for the ENVI Committee
This background paper provides an overview of the design options for the inclusion of these sectors inthe EU ETS, possible impacts on emissions in these sectors and the impacts on the stationary ETS.
Prosumage of solar electricity: Tariff design, capacity investments, and power sector effects
Published in: Energy Policy 152, p. 112 - 168, 2021