DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2014.1003526
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84922388940
论文题名: Controlling GHG emissions from the transportation sector through an ETS: institutional arrangements in Shenzhen, China
作者: Jiang J ; , Ye B ; , Ma X ; , Miao L
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2016
卷: 16, 期: 3 起始页码: 353
结束页码: 371
语种: 英语
英文关键词: China
; emissions trading scheme
; GHG emissions
; Shenzhen
; transportation
Scopus关键词: developing world
; emission control
; emissions trading
; fuel consumption
; greenhouse gas
; public transport
; traffic emission
; China
; Guangdong
; Shenzhen
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: Many different approaches are needed to achieve reductions in GHG emissions from the transportation sector. Carbon emissions trading schemes (ETSs) are widely used in industry and are effective in reducing the overall social cost of emissions abatement. This article reports the development of a downstream ETS for the transportation sector and its application in Shenzhen, China. The ETS was devised as a mandatory cap-and-trade scheme and, as a first step, was applied to public transportation. An integrated cap was set on the total emissions from buses and taxis: an absolute cap for existing vehicles and a relative increment for new entrants. Allowances were allocated by grandfathering or benchmarking and a ‘reverse mechanism’ was established to encourage the transformation of urban transportation to a low-carbon system. Online fuel consumption monitoring was used to quantify the emissions from vehicles, and the operators were required to surrender enough allowances or credits to account for their verified annual emissions. The mechanisms for allowance trading and carbon offsets provided sufficient flexibility to make emissions abatement and the use of new-energy vehicles and environmentally friendly travel within Shenzhen's urban transportation system economically attractive. Policy relevance The transportation sector is becoming a major contributor to the growth in China's GHG emissions. Achieving large reductions in GHG emissions from the transportation sector is a great challenge and requires both technology and policy innovation. The tradable carbon permit is a popular concept in mitigating climate change, but the introduction of a cap-and-trade ETS into the transportation sector is a relatively innovative concept. Shenzhen has launched the first cap-and-trade ETS in a developing country and is currently exploring ways to mitigate carbon emissions by a downstream cap-and-trade ETS for the transportation sector. This article considers the main institutional arrangements and regulatory framework of Shenzhen's transportation carbon ETS. It not only refreshes the theoretical analysis and practical application of downstream cap-and-trade carbon emissions trading in urban transportation, but also provides developing countries with a cost-effective instrument to mitigate their rapid growth in traffic carbon emissions during urbanization. © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80383
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作者单位: School of Environment and Energy, Peking University, Shenzhen, China; Graduate School Shenzhen, Modern Logistic Research Center, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, University Town, Nanshan District, China
Recommended Citation:
Jiang J,, Ye B,, Ma X,et al. Controlling GHG emissions from the transportation sector through an ETS: institutional arrangements in Shenzhen, China[J]. Climate Policy,2016-01-01,16(3)