News Digest Item
15 Feb 2017

“A too-complex set of rules”

Handelsblatt

The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is far too complex - and current reform efforts seem unlikely to lead to the necessary changes, writes Klaus Stratmann in an opinion piece for Handelsblatt. “The complex system of free allocation, product benchmarks, market stability reserve, linear reduction factor, cross-sector correction factor, and carbon leakage lists turns out to be uncontrollable,” writes Stratmann. An alternative could be a CO₂ tax, he adds.

For background information read the CLEW factsheet Understanding the European Union’s Emissions Trading System.

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