Carbon Emission Policies in Key Economies
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This research report was released on 9 June 2011. Errata have been issued with this report.
Appendices D to P are only available from this web page and are not included in the printed copy.
See also
- Supplement to the research report
- More about the Emission Reduction Policies and Carbon Prices in Key Economies study
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- Preliminaries (PDF - 157 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Terms of reference, Contents and Abbreviations - Overview - including key points (PDF - 162 Kb)
- Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF - 90 Kb)
1.1 The Commission's task in brief
1.2 Background to the study
1.3 Scope of the study
1.4 Conduct of the study - Chapter 2 Emissions-reduction policies (PDF - 177 Kb)
2.1 Approach
2.2 Cross-sectoral policy measures
2.3 Policy measures specific to electricity generation
2.4 Policy measures specific to transport
2.5 Forestry and agriculture
2.6 Energy efficiency - Chapter 3 Methodology (PDF - 155 Kb)
3.1 How emissions-reduction policies work
3.2 Measurement issues
3.3 Adding it up - Chapter 4 The electricity generation sector (PDF - 195 Kb)
4.1 Reducing emissions from electricity generation
4.2 Subsidy equivalents and abatement compared
4.3 Results for each country
4.4 Demand-side abatement - Chapter 5 The road transport sector (PDF - 281 Kb)
5.1 Reducing emissions from road transport
5.2 Supply-side results
5.3 Demand-side results - Chapter 6 Conclusions and implications (PDF - 194 Kb)
6.1 Recapping on the Commission's approach
6.2 Some key results
6.3 Implications for 'effort'?
6.4 Implications for competitiveness? - Appendix A Study participants (PDF - 42 Kb)
- Appendix B Policies selected for analysis (PDF - 84 Kb)
- Appendix C Energy efficiency policies (PDF - 166 Kb)
- References (PDF - 208 Kb)
Appendices D to P are only available from this web page and are not included in the printed copy.
- Appendix D Australia's electricity generation sector (PDF - 374 Kb)
- Appendix E China's electricity generation sector (PDF - 322 Kb)
- Appendix F Germany's electricity generation sector (PDF - 301 Kb)
- Appendix G Japan's electricity generation sector (PDF - 157 Kb)
- Appendix H New Zealand's electricity generation sector (PDF - 26 Kb)
- Appendix I South Korea's electricity generation sector (PDF - 186 Kb)
- Appendix J The United Kingdom's elecricity generation sector (PDF - 292 Kb)
- Appendix K The United States' electricity generation sector (PDF - 328 Kb)
- Appendix L Demand-side analysis for electricity (PDF - 204 Kb)
- Appendix M Road transport fuels (PDF - 205 Kb)
- Appendix N Supply-side analysis for road transport (PDF - 585 Kb)
- Appendix O Demand-side analysis for road transport (PDF - 373 Kb)
- Appendix P Country stocktakes (XLS - 769 Kb) | (PDF - 429 Kb)
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