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Domestic acceptability as a condition for ambitious climate policies

Europe aims to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. Today, the European Union Emissions Trading System is at the core of European climate...

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Simone Borghesi Albert Ferrari Lea Heinrich
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New FSR Climate policy briefs

Jul 31, 2017
policy brief

The FSR Climate team has recently published two policy briefs on the EU ETS. The briefs follow-up on two workshops held in April, and have been produced within the framework of the LIFE SIDE project, co-funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Commission. 

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The EU ETS and its interactions with other climate and energy policies
Low carbon investment and innovation in the EU ETS.

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