Assessment of emission trading systems

Jan Knotek

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

194 states of the world and the European Union committed by signing of the Paris Agreement to keep a global temperature rise in this century below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this ambitious goal the production of greenhouse gases must be reduced worldwide. As the most cost-effective tool for abatement of greenhouse gas emissions experts frequently refer to a carbon pricing. There are two main instruments used for the carbon pricing: a carbon tax and an emission trading system also called cap-and-trade system. This Bachelor’s Thesis entitled "Assessment of Emission Trading Systems" was written in a form of literature review based mainly on scientific articles obtained from the well-known scientific web databases and documents of related international organisations. The Thesis summarizes information about carbon pricing instrument – an emission trading system. First part of the work assesses a theoretical background of this instrument, process of creating and specific approaches used in the designing of the system. Second part of this Thesis describes emission trading systems implemented around the world.

Keywords

carbon pricing, cap-and-trade, greenhouse gases, carbon tax

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 19. 4. 2019

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: doc. Bc. Ing. Tatiana Ivanova, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Fakulta tropického zemědělství

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Tropické zemědělství / International Cooperation in Agriculture and Rural Development