The Great Acceleration 9789264196964
Economic textbooks predict that taxes and emission trading systems are the cheapest way for societies to reduce emission
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English Year 2016;2013
Table of contents :
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Table of contents
Executive summary
Chapter 1. Methodologies for estimating effective carbon prices
1. Introduction and background
2. Different approaches to estimate effective carbon prices
Box 1.1. Alternative estimates of effective carbon prices
Box 1.2. Different approaches to weighing together different carbon price estimates
3. Key elements of a methodological approach
What should be the measure of costs of a policy?
Should either, or both of, demand- and supply-side abatement be included? What should be the counterfactual applied to assess the impact of the policy?Which weights should be used to combine policy-level measures into a sectoral aggregate?
Notes
References
Chapter 2. OECD's approach to estimate effective carbon prices
1. Selection of policies for assessment
2. Strengths and weaknesses of the approach used
Short-term vs. long-term estimates
The marginal source of electricity generation
Other benefits of the policies assessed
Voluntary policy approaches
The scope of the policies assessed
Comparability of the present carbon price estimates. 3. Coverage of the projectTable 2.1. Country and sector coverage of effective carbon price data and sources
Reference
Annex 2.A1. Further description of the methodology used
Figure 2.A1.1. A stylised electricity market with an explicit carbon price
Figure 2.A1.2. A stylised electricity market with a production subsidy for renewable generation
Chapter 3. Estimated effective carbon prices
1. Electricity generation
Comparisons across countries
Table 3.1. Abatement and abatement costs related to the electricity sector. Figure 3.1. Estimated average effective carbon prices in the electricity sector, by countryFigure 3.2. Total costs of carbon-related policies applied in the electricity sector
Figure 3.3. Total costs of individual policy instruments applied in the electricity sector
Figure 3.4. Abatement achieved with instruments addressing electricity generation, national averages
Comparisons across instrument categories
Figure 3.5. Estimated average effective carbon prices in the electricity sector, by instrument type. Figure 3.6. Abatement achieved with individual instruments addressing electricity generationFigure 3.7. Estimated effective carbon prices in the electricity sector, by instrument category
Figure 3.8. Share of countries in which a given instrument type is used in the electricity sector
2. Road transport
Comparisons across countries
Table 3.2. Abatement and abatement costs related to the road transport sector
Figure 3.9. Estimated effective carbon prices in the road transport sector, by country
Figure 3.10. Total costs of policy instruments applied in the road transport sector.
