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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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PUBLICATION • Article
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...
Matteo Mazzarano Simone Borghesi MR SV
Energy
PUBLICATION • Article
The regulatory framework for independent aggregators
The importance of independent aggregators has been acknowledged in the recently adopted EU Clean Ene...
Tim Schittekatte Leonardo Meeus VNAD
Energy
PUBLICATION • Policy Paper
A framework for electricity grid data exchange and reuse for AI foundation models : reflections on five implementation aspects
In July 2026, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal to amend the Electricity Mark...
Ellen Beckstedde Lucila de Almeida Max Münchmeyer Sofia Nicolai Alessandra Porcari Alberto Pototschnig
Climate
PUBLICATION • Contribution to book
European and global climate policies : pursuing fairness and carbon neutrality in an increasingly fragmented world
The need to fight global warming is urgent, since it brings catastrophic and often unjust impacts, w...
Jacopo Cammeo Albert Ferrari Simone Borghesi JD MH HM
Transport
PUBLICATION • Policy Brief
Rail service facilities in the European Union
Rail service facilities, ranging from maintenance depots to refuelling stations, marshalling yards a...
Elodie Petrozziello JJMP
Climate
PUBLICATION • Contribution to book
Domestic acceptability as a condition for ambitious climate policies
Europe aims to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. Today, the European Union Emission...
Simone Borghesi Albert Ferrari Lea Heinrich
Energy Union Law
PUBLICATION • Article
EU contract case law, July-December 2025
This article provides an overview of the most relevant cases decided by the Court of Justice of the ...
Lucila de Almeida FE MG
PUBLICATION • Article
Welcoming new entrants into European electricity markets
In this review paper, we select four important waves of new entrants that knocked on the door of Eur...
Tim Schittekatte Leonardo Meeus VR
PUBLICATION • Article
Reforming retail electricity rates to facilitate economy-wide decarbonization
Deep decarbonization of the economy depends heavily on the decarbonization of the electricity sector...
Tim Schittekatte DM PLJ RS

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