International Conference on the Ex-Post Evaluation of Emissions Trading

FSR Climate is delighted to announce the third International Conference on Ex-Post Evaluation of Emissions Trading on scheduled on Monday, 7 July 2025, online. The event is organised under the framework of the LIFE COASE project, which aims to support policymakers in the implementation and development of the EU ETS, including its integration with other carbon markets.

The conference will identify the latest policy-relevant studies on ex-post assessments of emissions trading. This year’s edition will particularly focus on international aspects of carbon pricing, such as the international transfer of emission reduction units, the integration of compliance and voluntary carbon markets, as well as the linking of emissions trading schemes.

The event will be held on Zoom and will allow researchers to present and discuss their research with fellow academics, stakeholders, experts, and policymakers. In addition to the academic sessions, the online Conference will also comprise a Keynote Lecture and a Policy Roundtable.

Draft Programme

8:50 – 9:00 | Welcome

• Simone Borghesi (EUI, University of Siena)

9:00 – 10:20 | Session 1: The EU ETS

• From Free to Fee: How Allowance Allocation Affects ETS Performance, Marie Alder, Eva Franzmeyer, Benjamin Hattemer (European University Institute); [Slides]
•  The Effect of the EU Emissions Trading System on Climate Investments, Felix Rochlitz (University of Basel); [Slides]
• Pollution for Sale: Lobbying, allowance allocation and firm outcomes in the EU ETS, David Winkler (London School of Economics, UC Berkeley)
• Beyond Reported Emissions: Carbon Pricing, Disclosure Quality, and Financial Stability in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, Wilson Tsz Shing Wan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Keith Jin Deng Chan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology); [Slides]

10:20 – 10:30 | Coffee break

10:30 – 11:50 | Session 2: Carbon pricing at the international level

• Assessing the Impact of the United Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European Union Emissions Trading System on Firms’ Carbon Intensity, Mattia Chiappari (Politechnico di Milano), Andrea Flori (Politechnico di Milano), Simone Giansante (Università degli Studi di Palermo), Ania Zalewska (University of Leicester School of Business) 
• The EU’s Emissions Trading System and 3rd Countries – Calibrating a Structural Equation Model with Enterprise Survey Data for Türkiye, Camilla Jensen (Roskilde University); [Slides]
• Carbon pricing effects on renewables: evidence from California’s electricity market, Gökhan Dilek (University of Barcelona), Jordi J. Teixidó (University of Barcelona), Mònica Serrano (University of Barcelona); [Slides]
• Toward a Living Ecosystem of Reviews for Evaluating the Impacts of Carbon Pricing, Thi-Kieu-Trang Dong (Hasselt University), Mi Lim Kim (ANU), Klass Miersch (PIK), Banna Banik (ANU), Tim Repke (PIK), Bianka Mey (Chemnitz University of Technology), Sebastian Gechert (Chemnitz University of Technology), David Stern (ANU), Khanna Tarun (SPPGA), Stephan Bruns (Hasselt University, METRCIS, INCHER), and Jan Minx (PIK); [Slides]

11:50 – 12:00 | Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00 | Policy Roundtable: “What future for international climate cooperation?”

Moderated by Paul Ekins (UCL)

• Chantal Line Carpentier (UNCTAD)
• Catherine Leining (Motu Economic and Public Policy Research)
• Jos Delbeke (EUI)

13:00 – 14:00 |  Lunch break

14:00 – 14:40 | Keynote lecture: “A New Hope? Carbon Market Integration in an Evolving Global Context”

• Michael Mehling (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

14:40 – 14:45 | Closing remarks

• Simone Borghesi (EUI, University of Siena)

Call for papers

We welcome economic and interdisciplinary studies on the ex-post evaluation of carbon pricing policies. This year, we warmly invite the submission of papers focusing on:

• Developments, trends and limits of carbon pricing and carbon border adjustments,
• International cooperative approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement,
• Convergence of compliance and voluntary carbon markets and linking of emissions trading schemes,
• Implications and challenges of integrating nature-based or technological removal credits in compliance markets.

Other topics related to carbon pricing instruments and their domestic implications will also be considered.

Submission Guidelines:

Papers should be submitted by 18 May 2025 to LIFECOASE@eui.eu.

Important Dates:

• Submission Deadline: extended to 27 May 2025, EOB
• Notification of Acceptance: 7 June 2025
• Conference Date: 7 July 2025 (online)

The conference is organised with the support of EAERE.