Investigating Domestic Tradable Quotas - A policy instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy use

Investigating Domestic Tradable Quotas
A policy instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy use

Tyndall Research Theme 2 - Decarbonising Modern Societies
Project ID - T3.22

Primary contact: Richard Starkey, with Kevin Anderson.

The following information is available on this project:

Full technical report

For Tyndall Centre Technical Report 39 see attachment: Starkey R., Anderson K., (2005) Domestic Tradeable Quotas: A policy instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy use

On 28 June, 2005 Richard Starkey and Kevin Anderson hosted a workshop to disseminate and discuss the findings of their research into Domestic Tradable Quotas (DTQs), a proposed instrument for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from energy use. The workshop was attended by a range of participants from government, parliament, business, trade associations, think tanks and academia. See http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/events/past_events/dtqs.shtml
for more details.

Technical Summary

Domestic Tradable Quotas (DTQs) represent a fundamental departure from the complement of proposed instruments for controlling greenhouse gas emissions from energy use. Whilst a preliminary specification of DTQs is now in the public domain, there remains an absence of academic research into the scheme. This project therefore aims:

* To contribute to the policy debate on climate change mitigation by providing an academic evaluation of the appropriateness of DTQs as an instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions arising from energy use.
* To provide this evaluation, DTQs and other emissions reduction instruments (henceforth referred to as other instruments) will be assessed against the criteria of equity, effectiveness and efficiency.

More information:

Other researchers involved in this project are:
Richard Starkey, Tyndall Centre Manchester

Useful websites:

For more information see: Theme 1 projects - How can UK policies drive energy technologies forward? (T2.12)

Project duration :

June 2003 - June 2004