Sentences with phrase «than the emission trading»

The author concludes that this proves the need for a carbon tax rather than an emissions trading scheme.

A new report has found failing to tackle climate change will have a greater impact on supermarket prices than an emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Serious opposition to cap and trade generally comes in two forms: an argument that more direct action — in particular, a ban on coal - fired power plants — would be more effective and an argument that an emissions tax would be better than emissions trading.

And then there is the article discussing whether carbon rationing or carbon taxes might be a better bet than the emission trading scheme that Australia is soon expected to embrace.

Not exact matches

Opinion: Wynne is wrong when she claims the Conservative carbon tax plan will cost families more than cap and trade and do less to cut emissions

However, for the period 2010 - 2012, more than half of China's export emissions resulted from the growth in foreign trade to developing countries.

Energy Both John McCain and Barack Obama have called for a cap - and - trade system to cut carbon emissions, although Obama's proposed reduction (80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050) is larger than McCain's (65 percent).

Some economists believe a simple tax on greenhouse gas emissions makes more sense than the elaborate cap - and - trade regime for carbon dioxide envisioned by Evolution and other players in the nascent market.

Rather than trying to monetize all emissions in emerging economies, the clean development mechanism offers a better compromise in theory because it promises to constrain trading to areas where developing countries have made actual cuts.

He drew the line at trading the Clean Power Plan, President Obama's regulatory program aimed at power plants, for a federal carbon tax, saying more than one program is needed to cut emissions.

A truly strict global system, involving the majority of countries and imposing a tight cap on total emissions, would cut emissions more than the European trading scheme.

He said Mr. Gore, despite his high profile, was a close call: «He may have put climate change on the rich countries» agenda, but some felt his solution of trading emissions is not enough and no more than what all major businesses and western governments are now saying.

Worse than that, in related «horse trading» that the industry insisted on before it would allow the regulations to happen, they managed to grandfather old coal plants — so today we are still stuck with emissions from old coal plants — most of the electricity form coal is from plants that were built before 1970, indeed, most built before 1950, I believe....

2) Undermining of the European Emissions Trading Scheme by introducing too generous allowances and giving allowances away rather than auctioning them.

The approach is based on what can clearly be accomplished, rather than relying on indirect strategies for cutting emissions or boosting energy efficiency, including trading systems for emissions credits.

As Professor Green mentioned, the singular focus on emissions is pervasive, and in some cases understandable (for instance, comparing national emissions accounts — measured in MTCO2 — is often much easier than harmonizing and comparing trade - adjusted energy consumption — measured variously in Mtoe, GWhs, bbls, EJs, etc etc).

We definitely need some sort of mechanism to assign a cost / price to carbon emissions, but that could be a carbon tax of some sort rather than a cap - and - trade system.

China also announced its long - awaited Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in December, although this will initially cover only the power sector rather than the eight sectors originally proposed.

When asked now, he repeats what he said on the ABC's Q&A program last year, that «emissions trading schemes have worked better in theory than in practice» and that Direct Action should be given a chance to work.

In the course of this review, the idea of an emissions containment reserve (ECR) mechanism has been proposed to address a common issue confronting cap - and - trade programs worldwide: the prices for emissions allowances tend to be significantly lower than program designers anticipate in advance, making mid-course corrections necessary for it to perform as intended.

Obama proudly states that his EPA regulations can actually produce a greater emissions reduction than would his initial nearly - worthless proposal of a cap - and - trade «scheme».

Increased efficiency is achieved by means of a longer trading period (8 years instead of 5 years), a robust and annually declining emissions cap (21 % reduction in 2020 compared to 2005) and a substantial increase in the amount of auctioning (from less than 4 % in phase 2 to more than half in phase 3).

On the first criterion, Weitzman points out that while a carbon tax is more easily administered and more transparent than a cap - and - trade system, a carbon cap or a tax can both achieve cost - effective emissions reductions.

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Michelle Grattan in The Age noted that «the biggest concessions are the brown ones» and said that «Kevin Rudd has stitched key groups in behind a revised emissions trading deal — both browner and greener than before — to put maximum pressure on Malcolm Turnbull.»

In Europe, CO2 emissions from industries regulated by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) increased in 2010 by 3 %, which is substantially lower than the rebound in output, after an exceptional decline of CO2 emissions of 11.8 %emissions from industries regulated by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) increased in 2010 by 3 %, which is substantially lower than the rebound in output, after an exceptional decline of CO2 emissions of 11.8 %Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) increased in 2010 by 3 %, which is substantially lower than the rebound in output, after an exceptional decline of CO2 emissions of 11.8 %emissions of 11.8 % in 2009.

This ten - year old vote is being cited today, most recently in the Shergold report (the PMs Task Group on emissions trading) as evidence that the US will never ratify Kyoto, or, more generally, an agreement that imposes more stringent requirements on developed countries like the US than on China and India.

So, once we clear away the underbrush, we can see that the case for a carbon tax or a cap - and - trade emissions rationing system is really that it would be a hedge against the risk that actual damages from warming would be much, much worse than current risk - adjusted projections indicate.

The use of coal as a fuel has now surpassed oil and developing countries now emit more greenhouse gases than developed countries — with a quarter of their growth in emissions accounted for by increased trade with the West.

A few Democrats, particularly those representing poorer industrial areas, were deeply suspicious of cap - and - trade policies to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that their constituents would be hurt when a local polluter simply paid for pollution allowances rather than cutting back on the pollution itself.

The proposed emissions trading scheme will be more complicated, slower to produce the desired effect, and less effective than a simple carbon tax.

Limits the trading of allowances with facilities other than electricity generating facilities to certain carbon dioxide emission control programs.

As the first moderate Liberal prime minister in more than a generation, Turnbull would face enormous challenges retaining a united Coalition so he would tread carefully on divisive issues such as emissions trading, same - sex marriage and a republic.

The EU has long led the way on carbon emissions, implementing a cap and trade system in 2005, having set ambitious emissions reductions targets, having per person emissions that are less than half of those in the USA, Canada, and Australia, and which in general has been the global model on climate policy.

The main argument for a carbon tax rather than a trading scheme is that, if there is a lot of uncertainty about the cost of reducing emissions, and not much uncertainty about the damage caused by climate change, a fixed price for emissions (that is, a tax) will get closer to the optimal outcome than a fixed quantity.

If isolationist policies, including pulling out of the Paris Agreement and weakening the Western alliance, lead to a global trade war and thence to an economic depression, the shutdown of significant chunks of the economy could lead to a larger reduction in greenhouse gas emissions than any careful, deliberate decarbonization policy.

And so the Climate Change Authority's recommendations are simultaneously more ambitious than the government will be prepared to accept, and not so ambitious by way of assuming that international emissions trading may mean no deep emissions cuts domestically.

Overall, the carbon dioxide emissions generated by exported goods and services from developing countries rose by 46 percent between 2004 and 2011, and emissions generated by South - South trade grew more quickly than emissions generated by exports to developed countries.

In turn, the choice of a market regulation that relies on a financialized concept (emissions trading) rather than a binding tax obligation.

Happily, Hsu debunks the notion of «emissions certainty» that was used to sell cap - and - trade, by pointing out that for a «stock» pollutant such as CO2 that persists in the atmosphere for a century, the objective must be cumulative rather than annual reductions.

There are also few incentives other than small fees for extra emissions in the cap - and - trade component of the deal, that may not do much to stop increasing emissions.

If the EPA acts unilaterally to restrict carbon dioxide emissions, the impact on the economy could be even worse than a cap and trade law enacted by Congress.

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1 Sept: SMH: Lenore Taylor: Cool calculations continue in the hottest five seats in the house Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott met Lord Nicholas Stern and Professor Ross Garnaut yesterday on climate change and an emissions trading scheme — where they, and Wilkie, have views closer to Labor than the Coalition..

Renewable electricity standards or clean energy standards would accomplish considerably less and would impose much higher costs per ton of emissions reduction than cap - and - trade would.

Even as the global Kyoto Protocol collapsed and cap and trade legislation foundered in Congress, U.S. emissions have declined faster than any nation's in the world.

Another WA MP, Dr Jensen, admitted Direct Action was «not optimal policy» but said it was better than Labor's carbon tax or emissions trading scheme.

By symmetry, a negative shock in one country will harm others less under emissions trading than under the price - based alternatives.

Led by New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey, the states charge that allowing plants to trade credits rather than mandating that they reduce emissions will lead to mercury «hot spots» around polluting plants.

Burleson is recently reported to have said that, while he «not opposed to emissions trading, per se,» he «credits the US government for inventing the cap - and - trade concept as an environmental policy» but «in areas other than aviation.»