The European Union (EU) has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions until the year 2030 by 55% compared to 1990. Recently, the EU institutions decided to introduce a new Emission Trading System for road transport, buildings and fuels for additional sectors (ETS2) in addition to the...

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 requires tailored approaches for each sector, with an in-depth assessment of the technical, political, and social feasibility of relying on an emissions trading system (ETS). - To ensure a cohesive decarbonisation strategy, interaction effects between the EU...

We conduct a discrete choice experiment with a sample of 6,000 German household heads to examine how fairness preferences influence the support for carbon taxes and revenue-recycling options. While it is well-known that carbon taxes are effective in reducing emissions and can be made...