Pathways for the Evolution of the Existing Climate Policy Mix

Benjamin Görlach; Matthias Duwe

Pathways for the Evolution of the Existing Climate Policy Mix

CECILIA2050 Policy Brief No 4

Publication: Policy Brief
Citation: Consortium, CECILIA2050 Project 2015: Pathways for the Evolution of the Existing Climate Policy Mix. Policy Brief.

This policy brief describes policy pathways for the evolution of the current EU climate policy mix. It defines combinations of instruments that have a reasonable chance of meeting the desired emissions targets. Policy pathways are defined based on three policy dimensions: 1) Carbon pricing, 2) Technology policies and 3) Behavioural Change promotion. Although each pathway focuses more attention in one type of instruments, all packages have a certain combination of the three policy dimensions to meet the targets. Finally, instruments to adapt EU climate policy to different international conditions are explored.

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Benjamin Görlach

Head, Economics and Policy Assessment

Senior Fellow

The Future of Carbon Pricing in the European Union

CECILIA2050 Policy Brief No 6

Year 2015

Publication:Policy Brief

Cover of the CECilia2050 Policy Brief No 5 "International dimensions of EU climate change policies"

This policy brief summarises the insights conducted under the CECILIA2050 project on the international dimensions of EU climate policy. The aims of the research were to understand the economic and political interactions between EU policies and the rest of the world, assess the effectiveness of these measures and determine the legal and political feasibility of policy responses in regard to diminishing the risk of carbon leakage.

International Dimensions of EU Climate Policy

CECILIA2050 Policy Brief No 5

Year 2015

Publication:Report

This report provides a conceptual, a legal and an institutional overview of the European Union as well as three Member States – Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom – to highlight prominent regulatory approaches. The three Member States were chosen for their contrasting characteristics: they represent different legal systems, different approaches to governance, and different historical attitudes towards certain regulatory approaches. Besides arguably differing in their overall approach to climate policy, they have chosen different instruments with which to accomplish EU climate and energy provisions. Lastly, while the United Kingdom and Germany are "old" Member States, Poland is one of the "new" Member States of the EU.

The Role of Law and Institutions in Shaping European Climate Policy

Institutional and legal implications of the current climate policy instrument mix

Year 2013

Publication:Policy Brief

This policy brief summarises the simulation results of the three models used to track the development of climate policy scenarios in the CECILIA2050 project. In addition, the policy brief also draws insights from a study by Huppes and Huele (2014), which developed a set of building blocks for coherent instrument mixes in respect to European climate governance. Moreover, the policy brief is also based on a comparative analysis of the simulation results of the three models that was conducted by Drummond (2014).

Development of Scenarios to 2030 and 2050

CECILIA2050 Policy Brief No 3

Year 2015

Publication:Policy Brief

The second CECILIA2050 policy brief summarises the insights produced by the research into the sectoral, economy-wide and cross-cutting impacts, implications and challenges of the current EU climate policy mix. These insights provide valuable lessons for the future development of the EU's climate policy mix, particularly in light of the on-going discussions surrounding the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies.

Current EU Climate Policy: Impacts, Implications and Challenges

CECILIA2050 Policy Brief No 2

Year 2014

Publication:Article

Paul Ekins, Paul Drummond & Benjamin Görlach (2017) Policy instruments for low-carbon development based on work from the EUFP7 project, CECILIA2050, Climate Policy, 17:sup1, S1-S7, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1272044

Policy Instruments for Low-carbon Development

Based on work from the EUFP7 project, CECILIA2050

Year 2017

Publication:Newsletter

Ecologic Institute (2012-2015): CECILIA2050 Newsletter. Newsletter. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

CECILIA2050 Newsletter

Year 2012 - 2015

Publication:Report

Bausch, Camilla et al.. 2015. European governance and the low-carbon pathway: Analysis of challenges and opportunities arising from overlaps between climate and energy policy as well as from centralisation of climate policies. CECILIA2050 WP4 Deliverable 4.2. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

European Governance and the Low-Carbon Pathway

Analysis of challenges and opportunities arising from overlaps between climate and energy policy and from centralisation of climate policies

Year 2015

Event:Workshop

From 1 June to 11 June 2015, the meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies for the UN climate negotiations in the lead up to COP21 took place in Bonn (Germany). Members of the CECILIA2050 consortium hosted a side event entitled "Improving Europe's Climate Policy Toolbox to Reach the 2050 Low-Carbon Targets: Insights from the CECILIA2050 Project."

Improving Europe's Climate Policy Toolbox to Reach the 2050 Low-Carbon Targets

9 June 2015
Bonn, Germany

Language: English
Authorship: Benjamin Görlach

Matthias Duwe
Credits: Media format: Brochure A5
Concept: Beáta Vargová, Matthias Duwe
Graphic design: Beáta Vargová
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International
Published by: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Year: 2015
Dimension: 16 pp.
Project: Combining Policy Instruments to Achieve Europe's 2050 Climate Targets (CECILIA2050)
Project ID: 2715
Keywords: Climate

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EU

climate policy instruments, state of play of the policy mix in the EU, CECILIA2050, eco-innovation, decarbonisation, carbon pricing, ETS, GHG reduction, optimality, European Union

Europe, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom

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