Emissions trading is the European Union’s flagship measure for tackling climate change, and it is failing badly. In theory it provides a cheap and efficient means to limit greenhouse gas reductions within an ever-tightening cap, but in practice it has rewarded major polluters with windfall profits, while undermining efforts to reduce pollution and achieve a more equitable and sustainable economy. The third phase of the scheme, beginning in 2013, is supposed to rectify the “teething problems” that have led to the failures to date.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/eu-emissions-trading-system-failing-third-attempt
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/corporate-europe-observatory
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eu-ets
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-offset
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/clean-development-mechanism-cdm
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industry
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
