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The European climate change program: An evaluation of stakeholder involvement and policy achievements

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In order to step up its efforts in reducing climate change, the European Commission (hereafter: the Commission) has launched in June 2000 its European climate change program (hereafter: ECCP). This wide-ranging stakeholder consultation aimed at identifying and developing all elements necessary for a European climate change strategy. The ECCP formally came to a close in April 2003. This paper analyses the inner workings of ECCP, and how ECCP has delivered with regard to its objectives. Special attention is paid to ECCP's Working Group 1, "Flexible Mechanisms", which developed the foundations for the European emission trading scheme (hereafter: EU ETS). The paper draws on documents published on the Commission's ECCP web-site, on academic literature, on press releases from stakeholders and on interviews with four participants in the ECCP process. Using this method, the paper offers important insights as to how the consensus-building for establishing the world's biggest carbon-trading scheme has started long time before the formal legislative process.

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  • Maxian Rusche, Tim, 2010. "The European climate change program: An evaluation of stakeholder involvement and policy achievements," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(10), pages 6349-6359, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:38:y:2010:i:10:p:6349-6359
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