The relevance of process emissions for carbon leakage: A comparison of unilateral climate policy options with and without border carbon adjustment

• Published in: Energy economics Vol. 34; no. Supplement; pp. S168 - S180
• Main Authors: Bednar-Friedl, Birgit, Schinko, Thomas, Steininger, Karl W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Air pollution; Border tariffs; carbon; carbon dioxide; Carbon emissions; Carbon leakage; cement; climate; combustion; Economic analysis; Economics; Embodied carbon; emissions; energy; Energy policy; Environmental policy; Europe; European Union; Fuel; Fuels; General economic equilibrium; Industrial projects; Innovation; issues and policy; Low-carbon technologies; Process emissions; steel; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Q54; Border tariffs; O3; D58; Process emissions; Low-carbon technologies; H2; Carbon leakage; Embodied carbon

Climate policy arrangements of partial regional coverage, as they seem to emerge from the UNFCCC process, might lead to carbon leakage and hence a broad literature has developed to quantify leakage. Most of these analyses, however, are confined to consider emissions from fuel combustion only. Yet, s...