DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2018.1426553
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85043362485
论文题名: Electricity regulation in the Chinese national emissions trading scheme (ETS): lessons for carbon leakage and linkage with the EU ETS
作者: Zeng Y ; , Weishaar S ; E ; , Vedder H ; H ; B
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2018
起始页码: 1
结束页码: 14
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Carbon leakage
; climate change
; double counting
; electricity regulation
; emissions trading
; ETSs linking
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: Carbon leakage is central to the discussion on how to mitigate climate change. The current carbon leakage literature focuses largely on industrial production, and less attention has been given to carbon leakage from the electricity sector (the largest source of carbon emissions in China). Moreover, very few studies have examined in detail electricity regulation in the Chinese national emissions trading system (which leads, for example, to double counting) or addressed its implications for potential linkage between the EU and Chinese emissions trading systems (ETSs). This article seeks to fill this gap by analysing the problem of ‘carbon leakage’ from the electricity sector under the China ETS. Specifically, a Law & Economics approach is applied to scrutinize legal documents on electricity/carbon regulation and examine the economic incentive structures of stakeholders in the inter-/intra-regional electricity markets. Two forms of ‘electricity carbon leakage’ are identified and further supported by legal evidence and practical cases. Moreover, the article assesses the environmental and economic implications for the EU of potential linkage between the world’s two largest ETSs. In response, policy suggestions are proposed to address electricity carbon leakage, differentiating leakage according to its sources. Key policy insightsElectricity carbon leakage in China remains a serious issue that has yet to receive sufficient attention.Such leakage arises from the current electricity/carbon regulatory framework in China and jeopardizes mitigation efforts.With the US retreat on climate efforts, evidence suggests that EU officials are looking to China and expect an expanded carbon market to reinforce EU global climate leadership.Given that the Chinese ETS will be twice the size of the EU ETS, a small amount of carbon leakage in China could have significant repercussions. Electricity carbon leakage should thus be considered in any future EU–China linking negotiations. © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80202
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作者单位: Department of Law and Economics, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of European and Economic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Recommended Citation:
Zeng Y,, Weishaar S,E,et al. Electricity regulation in the Chinese national emissions trading scheme (ETS): lessons for carbon leakage and linkage with the EU ETS[J]. Climate Policy,2018-01-01