Eu ets and the waterbed effect

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe arising from G. Perino _Nature Climate Change_ https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0120-2 (2018) Owing to the new rules of the EU Emission

Trading System (ETS), Perino1 argues that the so-called waterbed effect is temporarily punctured. That is, further abatement efforts can reduce cumulative emissions if they occur within a

few years. However, two critical perspectives are lacking from Perino’s argument. First, if the abatement efforts are permanent, rather than temporary, the waterbed effect is probably

restored. Second, if abatement efforts take place later, cumulative emissions will increase rather than decrease. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

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