Climate Change and Power: Economic Instruments for European Electricity - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853838225 ISBN 13: 9781853838224

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

'This book provides an essential guide to the challenges facing the power sector, but is equally enlightening to other industrial emitters, policy-makers and non-governmental organizations.'

Charles Nicholson, Group Senior Advisor, BP

The electricity industry is one of the main contributors of carbon to the atmosphere. Reducing these emissions is critical to achieving international targets and mitigating climate change. Economic instruments, including emissions trading, taxes and voluntary agreements, will be crucial. However, across Europe there are widely different electricity systems and policies will have different effects. This book describes the characteristics of the main European electricity regimes, defining the range of instruments available and assessing the potential of each in each regime and for Europe as a whole.

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About the Author

Christian Vroliik is an Analysist at Natsource Tullett (Europe) Ltd and Former Research Fellow in the Sustainable Development Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA)

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853838225
• ISBN 13: 9781853838224
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Vrolijk Christiaan