Peterson, Sonja; Klepper, Gernot - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
competitiveness as a priority area for EU policy and there is some concern about the competitiveness effects of EU climate policy. We … insights. First, the effects of EU climate policies on competitiveness are relatively small if one leaves out the fossil fuels … EU has decided to reduce its GHG emissions by 20% relative to 1990 until the year 2020. These reductions will even rise …