Main building stakeholder positions and trends
In 2021, the Fit-for-55 package proposed a new separate Emissions Trading System (ETS) covering buildings and transport for 2025, often referred to as the ETS 2. This study gathers the viewpoints of different stakeholders on the ETS 2 and identifies potential issues and areas of work for policymakers. It focuses on four key questions: i) the role of the ETS 2 within the policy framework; ii) the relevance of covering the buildings and transport sectors under a unique ETS 2; iii) the impact of the ETS 2 in achieving a level playing field in the heating sector, and iv) suggestions to avoid adverse distributional effects and negative social impacts.
The report present and summaries the stakeholder views. One of the findings shows stakeholders broadly agree there is a lack of common level playing field between different heating solutions, as taxes, levies and carbon prices are not coherently applied and benefit fossil-fueled solutions. The existing EU ETS covers only 30% of heating solutions, and residential taxes and electricity levies are generally significantly higher than those on natural gas. While stakeholders agree on the latter, they hold different views on the optimal policy path to tackle this situation, and on the relevance of the ETS 2.
GALINDO FERNÁNDEZ Marina;
MOSS Jennifer;
OGER Alexis;
CARLSSON Johan;
VOLT Sven;
Galindo Fernández, M., Moss, J. and Oger, A., Stakeholder views on the proposed EU Emission Trading System (ETS) covering buildings, Carlsson, J. and Volt, S. editor(s), Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-57016-5, doi:10.2760/877462, JRC130665.
2022-11-03
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC130665
978-92-76-57016-5 (online),
OP KJ-09-22-537-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130665,
10.2760/877462 (online),
