International Energy and Climate Policy

Earlier projects

• With support from the Dutch government, ECN Policy Studies research aims to contribute to more clarity and understanding on the concept of low-carbon development strategies. Read more
• Balancing the Carbon Market investigates the interaction between the CDM and potential post-2012 mitigation actions by non-Annex I, including sectoral approaches and NAMAs. Report
• In Financing Technology Transfer ECN supported the UNFCCC by providing analysis and recommendations future financing options to scale up development and transfer of technologies. Read more
• For the UNEP Green Economy report, ECN is working on the Renewable Energy chapter. Read more
• Applicability of post-2012 climate instruments for the transport sector. Read more
• Opportunities for transatlantic energy and climate policy, with NREL. Read more
• Tradable Carbon Allowances: The experience of the EU and lessons learned. Report
• International support for domestic action, with Cambridge University. Read more
• WAB: Balancing the carbon market (2008-2009). Report
• The Information Toolkit for post-2012 climate policies (2007-2009) is a user-friendly tool for facts and figures to support the international climate negotiations.
• Financing technology transfer. Read more
• CAREPI: Contributing to poverty Alleviation through Regional Energy Planning in Indonesia. Read more
• APPLES
  Contributes to poverty reduction and alleviation in South Africa by developing implementation strategies to enhance access to affordable energy services for poor communities.
• The impact of the EU ETS on electricity prices. Read more
• Opportunities for transatlantic energy and climate policy, with NREL. Read more
• International support for domestic action, with Cambridge University. Read more
• Compatibility of technology-based and cap-and-trade approaches for post-2012 climate policy (2006-2007): project with the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the VU University of Amsterdam, and the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University.
• CCS-Africa: A capacity building effort for CCS and CDM in Africa.
• Technology Transfer  and Investment Risk in Emissions Trading (TETRIS) 
• Organisation and consultancy SB-24 workshop on CCS and CDM
• CDM and urban air pollution: partnerships enhancing synergies in urban air quality and Kyoto mechanisms in Asia (CURB-AIR)
• Climate change information toolkit: Facts and figures to support the European position when negotiating future commitments under the Kyoto protocol.
• CURB-AIR: CDM & urban air pollution: Partnerships enhancing synergies in urban air quality and Kyoto mechanisms.
• INTERACT: A multinational research project analysing interaction between different climate policy instruments in European Member States, and making recommendations for EU climate policy.
• IPCC: Contribution to the work to the IPCC Working III Technical Support Unit.
• Options for post-2012 EU burden sharing and EU ETS allocation (2006-2007): Project with the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency shedding light on the options for post-2012 EU emissions targets and allocation.
• Technology-oriented agreements to address climate change (2006): project conducted with Resources for the Future (RFF).
• TETRIS: Technology Transfer and Investment Risk in International Emissions Trading.
• Sharing of future mitigation commitments: between nations: the Multi-Sector Convergence approach (2000): project carried out with CICERO in Norway.
• JEPP
  Johannesburg Energy & Poverty Platform

• DEA
  Development and Energy in Africa