Task Forces

  • CEPS Carbon Market Forum: New Market Mechanisms under the AWG-LCA
    The CEPS Carbon Market Forum Task Force on New Market Mechanisms under the AWG-LCA of the COP is the first initiative of the newly launched CEPS Carbon Market Forum, a three-year umbrella programme for carbon market-related activities, which will provide a neutral space where policy-makers and...
  • Which Economic Model for a Water-Efficient Europe
    To achieve the objectives of the 2000 Water Framework Directive, it is generally recognized by the EU and member state governments as well as the broader stakeholder community that a more comprehensive policy response will be needed in general, with particular attention to water management. ...
  • Does the revised EU ETS Market produce the 'right' price signal?
    According to the EU ETS Directive (Art. 1), the objective of the ETS is to “promote GHG reductions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner”. Hence, the over-arching objective is cost-effective achievement of a politically given target. By some, including most conventional...
  • Price Formation in Commodities Spot and Futures Markets
    The unstoppable race of commodity prices comes at a critical moment, when European and US economies are languishing in regaining the ground lost as a result of the recent financial crisis. Policy makers and the public opinion are shrouded in a mist of mounting worries and anger around commodity...
  • Aligning the EU Budget to the Europe 2020 Competitiveness and Growth Objectives
    The economic crisis has exposed the weaknesses of the European economies and emphasised the needs to boost competitiveness of the private sector by means of further economic integration and growth enhancing policies. Climate change has made the world aware that energy production and use needs a...
  • Transport and Climate Change
    CEPS launches a new Task Force which deals with “EU Transport Policy – Innovation, Integration and 21st Century Infrastructure”. The transport sector is a strategic sector, which is fundamental to all economic activity. However, EU transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are...
  • Rethinking Asset Management
    CEPS and the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI)  wish to engage market participants, international experts, academics and regulators in the discussion of the future of the asset management industry and its contribution to the EU economy. The focus will be on moving from the...
  • The carbon market after Copenhagen: challenges and the way forward for the EU
    The Copenhagen Accord has brought a limited success in paving the way towards the creation of a wider and more inclusive framework succeeding the Kyoto Protocol. The challenge is how to translate the political guidance into practical decisions that can be integrated in the overall negotiating...
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