International Energy and Climate Policy

ECN Policy Studies is dedicated to improving international energy and climate policy, studies new opportunities for post-2012 climate agreements, and analyses the consequences of international climate policy instruments such as emissions trading.

The group International Energy and Climate Issues works on the following themes:

Energy and development
International climate policy
Emissions trading
Clean Development Mechanism
Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS)

News and events

• 3 February 2010
  Staat van het Klimaat (Dutch)
• 25 January 2010
  Advocacy for carbon capture could arouse public distrust
• 21 December 2009
  Heleen de Coninck on outcomes of COP15 in NRC Handelsblad
• 11December 2009
  Special Newsletter Edition COP15
• 11-17 December 2009
  ECN Policy Studies' side-events at COP15
• 19 November 2009
  ECN joins the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport, which aims to improve the knowledge on sustainable low carbon transport, help develop better policies and catalyze their implementation. Already over 40 organisations have joined, covering the UN, multilateral development banks, technical cooperation agencies, NGOs and research institutes.

Earlier news and events

Ongoing and Recent Projects

• Applicability of post-2012 climate instruments for the transport sector
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• Opportunities for transatlantic energy and climate policy, with NREL.
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• Tradable Carbon Allowances: The experience of the EU and lessons learned
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• International support for domestic action, with Cambridge University.
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• Balancing the carbon market.
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• Financing technology transfer.
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Earlier projects

Publications

• A climate for collaboration. Analysis of US and EU lessons and opportunities in energy and climate policy. November 2009
• Tradable Carbon Allowances: the experience of the EU and lessons learned. November 2009
• Financial assessment of the technology proposals under the UNFCCC. October 2009
• Pledges and Actions. A scenario analysis of mitigation costs and carbon market impacts for developed and developing countries. October 2009
• Differentiation in the CDM: Options and impacts. June 2009
• Progress on including CCS projects in the CDM: Insights on increased awareness, market potential and baseline methodologies. April 2009
• Balancing the carbon market - Carbon market impacts of developing country emission reduction targets. March 2009
• Balancing the carbon market - Overview of carbon price estimates. March 2009
• Oil prices and climate change mitigation. May 2009
• ECN contributed to the UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer report on Financing options for technology transfer. March 2009.

Earlier publications

Earlier Projects and Publications

Here you can find links to and more information about earlier projects and publications of the ECN Policy Studies group International Energy and Climate Policy Issues.