Statement in view of the Environment Council on 20 June 2016 As a market-based system, emissions trading has the best potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the lowest-cost way, and to create a market signal to drive low-carbon investment. The undersigned...
This article appeared in the Parliament Magazine issue no 435, 30 May 2016 Aristotle often used the reduction ad absurdum to show the untenable consequences one would ensue from accepting the item at issue. If he was alive and would hear about the Tiered Approach in...
In spite of the difficult economic context and an increased competition in the global markets, the European pulp, paper and board industry remains a world leader and a net exporter as well as the provider of 1.5 million direct and indirect jobs in Europe. EU markets...
Tiering is not the solution The undersigned energy-intensive industries express their strong concerns regarding the proposal to introduce “tiered approaches†to carbon leakage protection, as introduced in the ITRE Draft Opinion. According to all forecasts,...
On 26 April the ITRE rapporteur published the draft opinion on the Commission proposal to review the Emission Trading System. While the report includes some positive proposals, other aspects still need to be improved. In some cases, some proposed solutions would need...
The signatories (see below), energy-intensive industries express concerns regarding the so called “tiered approach†to carbon leakage protection under the EU ETS The tiered approach1 would reserve free allowances for some sectors at the expense of others. It goes...
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