Cooperation beyond the state: Constraints on linking regional emissions trading systems

Recently many regions worldwide have implemented emissions trading systems (ETSs) to cap greenhouse gas emissions. These initiatives may hold the potential of providing a new bottom-up architecture for international climate policy. Cooperation or ‘linkage’ between regional emissions trading systems...

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Published in:Federal Governance 2016-10, Vol.13 (1), p.87-104
Main Author: Unger, Charlotte
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Emissionshandel
Ökologie
Ökologie und Umwelt
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Summary:Recently many regions worldwide have implemented emissions trading systems (ETSs) to cap greenhouse gas emissions. These initiatives may hold the potential of providing a new bottom-up architecture for international climate policy. Cooperation or ‘linkage’ between regional emissions trading systems would improve their efficiency. Yet, linking has been realized only on very few occasions.This article deals with the question why linking of ETSs, especially between the EU and California, is still lagging behind. It seeks to go beyond common approaches and focuses on political difficulties that arise for regions that do not have the status and the mandate of a nation state.
ISSN:1923-6158
1923-6158
DOI:10.24908/fg.v13i1.5990