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Should I offset or should I plough? : voluntary carbon offsets and ETS in an evolutionary model

Companies with high emissions can offset their climate impact by participating in emission reduction projects through voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in several countries. Firms...

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Matteo Mazzarano Simone Borghesi MR SV
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The regulatory framework for independent aggregators
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A framework for electricity grid data exchange and reuse for AI foundation models : reflections on five implementation aspects
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The Energy Regulation Academy (EnRA) is a 3-year capacity-building initiative to help accelerate the energy transition in Europe.

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Energy Union: Content or Packaging?

20 March 2015
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11:00 – 11.10 Welcome Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR 11:10 – 11.30 Introducing the paper European Energy Union  Tadhg O’Briain | European Commission 11.30 – 13.30 Debating the European Energy Union Moderated by: Christian Oliver | FT Panellists:  Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors Institute – College of Europe Jean-Michel Glachant | FSR Tadhg O’Briain | European Commission Georg Zachmann | Bruegel Jean-Arnold Vinois | Jacques Delors Institute 13.30 – 14:00 Lunch

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