Course: Carbon Markets: Examining EU Policies for Transnational Climate Action

In this interview Yvon Slingenberg shares insights to her work as Director in DG Climate Action of the European Commission, responsible for international climate negotiations and mainstreaming of climate issues …

In this video, Jos Delbeke explains the crucial role of the scientific data in the understanding of the climate change. Additionally, he explains the origins and the development of the …

The Paris Agreement, which entered into force in 2016, is the new cornerstone for the global effort on climate change for the coming years. It has secured global participation in …

In this video, Christian Egenhofer introduces the growing renewable energy share in the EU and the drivers of falling technology costs of renewable energy technologies.

In this video, Peter explains the issues related to the emissions procuded by the aviation sector, what the international community has done so far to regulate those emissions and what …

In this video, Peter illustrates the main issues around emissions coming from shipping and how they have been and are currently adressed at the international and EU level. At the …

Despite the success in bringing down EU greenhouse gas emissions on average, the emissions from road transport continued to increase from 1990–2019. In this video, Peter introduces the main policy …

On December 28, 2017, Congress enacted Tax Reform Act nr. 27.430 and with it, Argentina’s new Carbon Tax (“Impuesto al Dióxido de Carbono”) covering most liquid fuels (for fuel oil, …

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the largest economy in the Middle East and member of the G20, is heavily dependent on a limited resource: oil and gas, where the …

In this video, Jos, Peter and Annika talk about some of the elements of the EU ETS: where did the idea come from, who can participate in the market of …

Voluntary Carbon Markets have grown significantly in recent years. They function outside, but in parallel to, compliance carbon markets and enable companies and individuals to purchase carbon offsets on a …

In this video Jos elaborates on the emerging issues related to the Emissions Trading System, given also the fact that the principle of carbon pricing is spreading globally. He also …

In this video, Peter Vis explains how allowances are allocated: you can either auction them, or hand them out for free. Peter also mentions necessary policy interventions to fix market …

In this video, Jos Delbeke introduces the EU Emissions Trading System or, as it is called among the experts, the EU ETS and what this system has achieved so far.

Jos Delbeke and Peter Vis have been working on EU Climate Policy since the very beginning. In this conversation Annika Zorn asks Jos about a memory that stands out.