The European emission trading scheme and renewable energy policies: credible targets for incredible results?

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This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the comparison of past goals and present results, it is argued that more credible targets for carbon emission reductions and renewable shares would probably help the transition towards an alternative energy system and the necessary reduction of greenhouse gases.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 2010,141

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy ; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy ; Alternative Energy Sources ; Energy and the Macroeconomy ; Energy: Government Policy
• Subject: Pollution ; Sustainable Development ; Climate Change ; Fossil Fuels ; Energy Policy ; European Union ; European Trading System (ETS) ; Cap-And-Trade ; Renewable Energy Sources ; Credibility

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Borghesi, Simone
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/43474
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET