Past, Present and Future of ETS – 2nd ETS E-learning Course Webinar

Event: Digital Event
Date: 16 February 2016
Location: Boston/Brussels
Speaker: Elizabeth Zelljadt

Damien Meadows (EU Commission)

In this second webinar in the series accompanying our ETS e-learning program, moderated by Ecologic Institute's Elizabeth Zelljadt, expert guest speaker Damien Meadows of the EU Commission discusses how the EU ETS came to be, changes to its structure over time, and the evolution of emissions trading systems in the future.

Emissions Trading in China and Europe: Taking Stock, Thinking Ahead, Looking Beyond

13 December 2017
Shenzhen, China

Event:Summer School

Ecologic Institute organized the second ICAP Master Course on Emissions Trading in Lisbon (Portugal). The two week-long course brought together 30 experts from emerging economies and developing countries to learn about emissions trading systems (ETS) as a tool for climate protection, and to discuss the options of implementing or optimizing such systems in their home countries.

Second ICAP Advanced Course on Emissions Trading

28 August - 7 September 2017
Lisbon, Portugal

Event:Summer School

In May 2017, Ecologic Institute organised the 17th ICAP Training Course on Emissions Trading in Bangkok (Thailand). The course brought together experts from emerging economies and developing countries to learn about emissions trading as a tool for climate protection, and to discuss the options of implementing such systems in developing countries. The session continues a series of past ICAP events that Ecologic Institute organised across the world since 2009. Twenty-seven mid-career professionals from seven Asian countries as well as Benjamin Görlach and Pedro Barata led the course.

ICAP Training Course on Emissions Trading in Bangkok

24 April - 4 May 2017
Bangkok, Thailand

Event:Summer School

From 3 until 12 May 2016, the 15th ICAP Training Course on Emissions Trading brought together climate policy professionals from Latin America to learn about emissions trading as a tool for climate protection and to discuss the options of implementing such systems in Latin America. The São Paulo course was the fifteenth of its kind and continues a series of past ICAP events held around the world since 2009. 25 mid-career professionals from seven Latin American countries attended the course, which was facilitated by Benjamin Görlach and Pedro Barata led the course.

ICAP Training Course on Emissions Trading in São Paulo

3 - 12 May 2016
São Paulo, Brazil

Event:Summer School

From 4 to 15 July 2016, the 16th ICAP Summer School on Emissions Trading brought together experts from emerging economies and developing countries to learn about emissions trading as a tool for climate protection and to discuss the options and experiences of implementing such systems in developing countries. The Brussels course was the sixteenth of its kind since 2009. 28 mid-career professionals from eleven countries attended the course, which was facilitated by Benjamin Görlach and Matthias Duwe of the Ecologic Institute.

ICAP Summer School on Emissions Trading in Brussels

4 - 15 July 2016
Brussels, Belgium

Event:Digital Event

In the last of our four-part webinar series on emissions trading systems (ETS), moderated by Ecologic Institute's Fellow Elizabeth Zelljadt, guest speaker Franz Litz explains the unique legal challenges of establishing and implementing regulatory ETSs. He discusses examples of national and international law to illustrate legal considerations for future ETS development.

Keeping it Legal - 4th ETS E-learning Course Webinar

27 April 2016
Boston / New York, United States

Event:Digital Event

In the third installment of the webinar series accompanying Ecologic Institute's ETS e-learning program, moderated by Elizabeth Zelljadt, expert guest speaker Duan Maosheng (Tsinghua University) commented on China's pilot carbon markets and experiences in becoming ETS "market ready." He provided unique examples of capacity gaps that were overcome and others that remain a challenge, shedding light on China's plans for a nationwide ETS to begin in 2017.

Emissions Trading Systems and Developing Countries - 3rd ETS E-learning Course Webinar

23 March 2016
Beijing, Boston

Publication:Web Application

This online platform is part of an ongoing ETS Summer University program that helps to meet the growing need for improved understanding of emissions trading as an instrument of climate policy in emerging economies and developing countries. The curriculum and corresponding activities are organized into course modules, which allows for differentiation and flexibility in the learning process. Participants from all over the world learn the material online for free with the aid of supplementary webinars that feature interactive, question-and-answer sessions with subject matter experts. Ecologic is responsible for large parts of the course content and coordination among the subject matter experts.

ETS E-Learning Online Course

Year 2015

Event:Digital Event

With this webinar, the consortium in charge of the European Commission's e-learning on emissions trading officially launches its free online course. The topic of this session, moderated by Ecologic Institute's Elizabeth Zelljadt, is "carbon market dynamics and risks" and features guest speaker Marcus Ferdinand of Thomson Reuters.

Market Dynamics and Risks – 1st ETS E-learning Course Webinar

25 November 2015
Boston/Brussels

Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Development and Cooperation (EuropeAid), International

European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG Climate), International
Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany

DEVELOPMENT Solutions (DS), China
Speaker: Elizabeth Zelljadt

Damien Meadows (EU Commission)
Team: Elizabeth Zelljadt
Date: 16 February 2016
Location: Boston/Brussels
Language: English
Participants: 180
Project: ETS Summer Universities for Emerging Economies and Developing Countries
Project ID: 2110
Keywords: Climate

EU

Education

Events

emissions trading, ETS, climate policy

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EventDigital EventMarket Dynamics and Risks – 1st ETS E-learning Course Webinar

Digital Event:Market Dynamics and Risks – 1st ETS E-learning Course Webinar

Date: 25 November 2015
Location: Boston/Brussels

PublicationReportDesigning Institutions, Structures and Mechanisms to Facilitate the Linking of Emissions Trading Schemes

By linking different ETS, regulators create interdependence: decisions taken in one system have effects on the linked systems. Since ETS are evolving over time, there is a need for joint governance structures, to ensure compatibility of the linked systems, to avoid... Read more

Görlach, Benjamin; Michael Mehling and Ennid Roberts (2015): Designing institutions, structures and mechanisms to facilitate the linking of Emissions Trading Systems, DEHSt.

PublicationCase StudyLinking the EU's Emissions Trading System to Any Future US Emissions Trading Scheme

Emissions trading systems emerging in the United States offer the opportunity of a future trading link to the European carbon market. While such a link promises more efficient allocation of resources in a larger and more liquid market, differences in the design of... Read more

Mehling, Michael, Harro van Asselt and Jason Anderson 2009: Linking the EU’s Emissions Trading System to any Future US Emissions Trading Scheme. Study requested by the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

PublicationBook SectionLinking Emissions Trading Systems

A more traditionally jurisprudential perspective on linking is provided in this book chapter published in an anthology titled "Legal Aspects of Carbon Trading: Kyoto, Copenhagen and Beyond" published by Oxford University Press. In this chapter, Michael Mehling provides... Read more

Mehling, Michael 2009: “Linking Emissions Trading Systems” in: David Freestone and Charlotte Streck (eds.): Legal Aspects of Carbon Trading - Kyoto, Copenhagen and Beyond, Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 108-133.

PublicationReportProspects of Linking EU and US Emission Trading Schemes:

This working paper affirms that emissions trading systems currently under development in the US raise certain challenges for an operational market link, but are not generally incompatible. Specifically, certain design elements of trading systems may give rise to concern... Read more

Sterk, Wolfgang; Michael Mehling and Andreas Tuerk 2009: Prospects of Linking EU and US Emission Trading Schemes: Comparing the Western Climate Initiative, the Waxman-Markey and the Lieberman-Warner Proposals: Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy; Ecologic Institute Washington; Joanneum Research, Graz.

ProjectComposition of Institutions, Structures and Mechanisms Through Linking Emission Trading Schemes

From an economic and climate policy perspective, linking emissions trading systems is an attractive option. For that reason, the linking of emissions trading systems has received an increasing amount of attention in the political debate as well as in the research in... Read more

Composition of Institutions, Structures and Mechanisms Through Linking Emission Trading Schemes

Duration: Sep 2014 - Oct 2015
Funding: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany