Border Carbon Adjustments Based on Avoided Emissions: Addressing the Challenge of Its Design
Carbon pricing is an essential instrument to address climate change. However international differences in carbon control policies may cause not only carbon leakage but also competitiveness disadvantages. In this context, border carbon adjustments are a promising tool for discouraging these problems....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/116125 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/116125 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Carboni Economia ambiental Contaminació atmosfèrica Canvi climàtic Carbon Environmental economics Atmospheric pollution Climatic change |
| Sumario: | Carbon pricing is an essential instrument to address climate change. However international differences in carbon control policies may cause not only carbon leakage but also competitiveness disadvantages. In this context, border carbon adjustments are a promising tool for discouraging these problems. But designing a real-world border carbon adjustment instrument implies to consider significant issues: technical feasibility, data availability, the risk of retaliation from developing countries, and its compatibility within the World Trade Organization legal framework. ... |
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