Essays about: "Emissions Allowances"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words Emissions Allowances.

  1. 1. New natural gas power plants in the EU : -The risks of stranded assets under different fuel and carbon price scenarios

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : John Mogren Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Current and planned fossil fuelled electricity generation is expected to meet or exceed the global carbon budget for 2°C, without including emissions from any other economic sector. At the current rate, the EU ETS will stop issuing new emissions allowances to industry and power plants before 2040. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effects of sector free allowances & emissions on stock returns : A study on firms which partake in the EU emissions trading system

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Mario Milic; Noah Stjernberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Stock returns; EU ETS; CO2 Emissions; Financial performance; Free allowances;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate whether sectorial free allowances and sector emissions have any effect on a firm's stock return under the newly introduced EU ETS (Emission trading system). In doing so, the data have been structured as panel data and are gathered for a sample period of 10 years measuring from 2012-2021, looking at 6 sectors (Aviation, Combustion of fuels, refining of mineral oil, production of cardboard/ paper, production of pig iron and steel and production of bulk chemicals). READ MORE

  4. 3. Has the EU ETS been efficient in reducing carbon dioxide emissions without harming firm revenue?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Raab; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The increasing urgency of climate change has raised the need for effective climate policy. The European Union emissions trading system (EU ETS) is the world’s first and largest ‘cap and trade’ policy which aims at reducing carbon dioxide emissions at the most cost-efficient allocation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Personal Carbon Allowances from a Legal Perspective

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholms miljörättscentrum (SMC)

    Author : Mona Schumny; [2023]
    Keywords : Personal Carbon Allowances; Carbon Accounting; Carbon Footprint; Climate Change; Paris Agreement;

    Abstract : To reach the Paris Agreement targets, the remaining carbon budget is about 2.3 tons of CO2e per person per year. However, current per capita emissions exceed the target, with a global average carbon footprint of 4.81 tons. READ MORE

  6. 5. How the duration of a cap-and-trade scheme with an adjustable emissions cap affects cumulative emissions : the case of the EU ETS

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Max Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Emissions trading; EU ETS; Market Stability Reserve; Policy design;

    Abstract : The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a cap-and-trade scheme, whose adjustable supply of allowances is determined by a quantity mechanism, as opposed to a price mechanism. This paper quantifies the reduction in cumulative emissions that arises from bringing the final year of a cap-and-trade scheme that operate a quantity mechanism, such as the EU ETS, forward in time. READ MORE