Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage

Although the existing literature identifies a fuel levy imposed by means of a global agreement as the most efficient policy for carbon pricing in the maritime sector, scholars and policy makers debate the possibility for regional measures to be int...

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Main Authors:	Dominioni, Goran, Heine, Dirk, Martinez Romera, Beatriz
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	CARBON POLICY CARBON PRICING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MARITIME EMISSIONS TRANSPORT REGIONAL INTEGRATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPETITIVENESS AVOIDANCE STRATEGY GLOBAL AGREEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/714251516824511861/Regional-carbon-pricing-for-international-maritime-transport-challenges-and-opportunities-for-global-geographical-coverage http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29285

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spelling	okr-10986-292852021-06-08T14:42:48Z Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage Dominioni, Goran Heine, Dirk Martinez Romera, Beatriz CARBON POLICY CARBON PRICING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MARITIME EMISSIONS TRANSPORT REGIONAL INTEGRATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPETITIVENESS AVOIDANCE STRATEGY GLOBAL AGREEMENT Although the existing literature identifies a fuel levy imposed by means of a global agreement as the most efficient policy for carbon pricing in the maritime sector, scholars and policy makers debate the possibility for regional measures to be introduced in case a global agreement cannot be achieved. This debate has highlighted several economic, legal, and political challenges that the implementation of an efficient and effective regional scheme would have to face. This paper compares the relative performance of various regional measures for carbon pricing based on the following criteria: jurisdictional basis, data availability, environmental effectiveness and avoidance strategies, impact on competitiveness, differentiation for developing countries, and incentives for reaching a global agreement. The main finding is that, if carefully designed, a cargo-based measure that covers the emissions released throughout the whole voyage to the cargo destination presents various advantages compared with other carbon pricing schemes. These advantages have been largely ignored in the literature. 2018-01-31T19:54:12Z 2018-01-31T19:54:12Z 2018-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/714251516824511861/Regional-carbon-pricing-for-international-maritime-transport-challenges-and-opportunities-for-global-geographical-coverage http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29285 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8319 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	CARBON POLICY CARBON PRICING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MARITIME EMISSIONS TRANSPORT REGIONAL INTEGRATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPETITIVENESS AVOIDANCE STRATEGY GLOBAL AGREEMENT
spellingShingle	CARBON POLICY CARBON PRICING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MARITIME EMISSIONS TRANSPORT REGIONAL INTEGRATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT COMPETITIVENESS AVOIDANCE STRATEGY GLOBAL AGREEMENT Dominioni, Goran Heine, Dirk Martinez Romera, Beatriz Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8319
description	Although the existing literature identifies a fuel levy imposed by means of a global agreement as the most efficient policy for carbon pricing in the maritime sector, scholars and policy makers debate the possibility for regional measures to be introduced in case a global agreement cannot be achieved. This debate has highlighted several economic, legal, and political challenges that the implementation of an efficient and effective regional scheme would have to face. This paper compares the relative performance of various regional measures for carbon pricing based on the following criteria: jurisdictional basis, data availability, environmental effectiveness and avoidance strategies, impact on competitiveness, differentiation for developing countries, and incentives for reaching a global agreement. The main finding is that, if carefully designed, a cargo-based measure that covers the emissions released throughout the whole voyage to the cargo destination presents various advantages compared with other carbon pricing schemes. These advantages have been largely ignored in the literature.
format	Working Paper
author	Dominioni, Goran Heine, Dirk Martinez Romera, Beatriz
author_facet	Dominioni, Goran Heine, Dirk Martinez Romera, Beatriz
author_sort	Dominioni, Goran
title	Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage
title_short	Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage
title_full	Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage
title_fullStr	Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage
title_full_unstemmed	Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage
title_sort	regional carbon pricing for international maritime transport : challenges and opportunities for global geographical coverage
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/714251516824511861/Regional-carbon-pricing-for-international-maritime-transport-challenges-and-opportunities-for-global-geographical-coverage http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29285
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Regional Carbon Pricing for International Maritime Transport : Challenges and Opportunities for Global Geographical Coverage

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