Diskussionspapier

An Effective Governance System for 2030 EU Climate and Energy Policy

Design and Requirements

Publication: Document
Citation: Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils 2015: An Effective Governance System for 2030 EU Climate and Energy Policy: Design and Requirements. Discussion Paper. Berlin.

In March 2015, the European Council called for reviewing and developing legislation related to emissions reduction, energy efficiency and renewables. A few weeks earlier, the European Commission had announced that it will propose a new legislative package on renewable energy in 2016-2017. It had also announced that it will review energy efficiency legislation and will propose revisions in 2015 and 2016.

The European Council decided to develop a "reliable and transparent governance system" for the 2030 EU climate and energy policy framework. The European Commission proposed a number of details of the new governance framework. However, neither the European Council nor the Commission specified the relationship between relevant legislation, up-coming legislative processes and this new governance system. Against this backdrop, this paper discusses options and requirements for an effective governance framework for climate and energy policy beyond 2020. The discussion paper is available for download.

What should effective EU climate and energy governance after 2020 look like?

Proposals for Reforming the EU Effort Sharing Decision

Year 2016

Publication:Document

In October 2014 the European Council decided to enhance the availability and use of existing flexibility instruments under the EU Effort Sharing Decision. The auctioning of Annual Emission Allocations (AEAs) is one option to enhance flexibility. A new Ecologic Paper discusses advantages and challenges of AEA auctioning. The paper is available for download.

EU Effort Sharing Decision after 2020

Auctioning of AEAs

Year 2016

Publication:Document

The European Council agreed that flexibility within the non-ETS sectors will be "significantly enhanced" after 2020. A new paper by the Ecologic Institute analyses options to enhance flexibility. The paper focusses on project-based mechanisms and is available for download.

EU Effort Sharing Decision after 2020

Project-Based Mechanisms and Other Flexibility Instruments

Year 2015

Publication:Report

The European Commission has tabled initial proposals for new targets and some changes to key instruments such as the Emissions Trading System (ETS) upon which the EU Heads of State and Government are to make decisions later in 2014. This study assesses the status quo of EU climate and energy policy and experience with the current set of targets and instruments – and distills from it concrete recommendations for a new package for the period until 2030. The study is available for download.

The Next EU Climate and Energy Package – EU Climate Policies after 2020

Year 2014

Project

Ecologic Institute advised the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) on the post-2020 update of EU climate and energy policy, analysing the climate, political, legal, financial and economic impacts of proposed options and developing recommendations for action. These include the thematic design of the emissions trading system after 2020, targets and instruments in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency, as well as a redesign of the Effort-Sharing Decision.

EU Energy and Climate Policy after 2020

Jan 2013 - Oct 2015

Language: English
Authorship: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Funding: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany
Year: 2015
Dimension: 25 pp.
Project: EU Energy and Climate Policy after 2020
Project ID: 2111
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

List of Abbreviations
2 Summary
3 Introduction
4 Effective Governance after 2020
4.1 Effectiveness and Compliance
4.1.1 How to assess Member States policies and contributions?
4.1.2 Implementation and Compliance
4.2 Planning and Reporting
4.2.1 Current planning and reporting system
4.2.2 How to improve the current planning and reporting system?
5 Governance System after 2020: What is already in Place and what is not?
6 Is legislation inflexible and unable to accommodate national circumstances?
7 Conclusion: What should the 2030 governance system look like?
8 References
Keywords: Climate

Energy

Governance

climate and energy policy, governance

Europe

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PublicationReportThe Next EU Climate and Energy Package – EU Climate Policies after 2020

The future of EU climate and energy policy beyond the year 2020 is currently a matter of intense debate. The European Commission has tabled initial proposals for new targets and some changes to key instruments such as the Emissions Trading System (ETS) upon which the EU... Read more

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils; Matthias Duwe; Katharina Umpfenbach and Keighley McFarland 2014: The Next EU Climate and Energy Package – EU Climate Policies after 2020, Ecologic Institute, Berlin.