Comment redonner de la pertinence au système de permis d'émissions ?

Policy Paper 82

Comment redonner de la pertinence au système de permis d’émissions ?

Stephen Tindale, Associate Fellow, Centre for European Reform ? Uncontrolled climate change is the greatest risk that humanity faces. The main burden will fall on developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. But Europe and its residents will also be damaged in many ways, including extreme weather, heat waves, and the spread of tropical diseases.

Climate change is a quintessentially global challenge. If pollution shifts from one part of the world to another – from Europe to China, for example – the global climate is no better off.

The main EU climate policy, the Emissions Trading System, now stipulates such a low carbon price that it has become essentially irrelevant. The European Commission should propose a Europe-wide carbon price floor of €30 per tonne, high enough to influence investment decisions and encourage energy efficiency and low-carbon energy supply. The Commission should also propose border tax adjustments, with the revenue returned to the country of origin.

| 03/03/2013

| Stephen Tindale |

| Énergie et climat

Disponible en anglais uniquement

Ce Policy
Paper est une contribution de Stephen Tindale (CER) au
projet Think Global – Act European (TGAE). Thinking Strategically
about the EU’s external action dirigé par Notre Europe – Institut
Jacques Delors (rapport disponible en mars 2013, dir. Elvire Fabry,
Chercheur Senior, Notre Europe – Institut Jacques Delors).

Uncontrolled climate change is the greatest risk
that humanity faces. The main burden will fall on developing countries,
particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. But Europe and its residents will also be
damaged in many ways, including extreme weather, heat waves, and the spread of
tropical diseases.

Climate change is a quintessentially global
challenge. If pollution shifts from one part of the world to another – from
Europe to China, for example – the global climate is no better off.

The main EU climate policy, the Emissions Trading
System, now stipulates such a low carbon
price that it has become essentially irrelevant. The European Commission should propose a
Europe-wide carbon price floor of €30 per tonne, high enough to influence
investment decisions and encourage energy efficiency and low-carbon energy supply.
The Commission should also propose border tax adjustments, with the revenue
returned to the country of origin.

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