Publications

Selected publications on carbon markets authored by Perspectives staff.

2013

Abundant, carbon free energy technologies – can we turn wishful thinking into reality?

Report

Honegger, Matthias; Butzengeiger-Geyer, Sonja

(April 2013)

Hamburg / Zurich.

Abundant, carbon free energy technologies >>

2012

Standardized Baselines for the CDM – Are We on the Right Track?

Policy Paper

Schneider, Lambert; Broekhoff, Derik; Fuessler, Juerg; Lazarus, Michael; Michaelowa, Axel; Spalding-Fecher, Randall

(November 2012)

Stockholm.

Standardized Baselines for the CDM >>

Setting baselines for the new market mechanism: Examples from the power, cement and buildings sectors
Discussion paper

Castro, Paula; Hayashi, Daisuke; Harthan, Ralph; Cames, Martin; Michaelowa, Axel

(November 2012)

Berlin.

Setting baselines for the new market mechanism >>

Can New Market Mechanisms Mobilize Emissions Reductions from the Private Sector?
Discussion paper ES 12-1

Michaelowa, Axel

(November 2012)

Published by the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Cambridge.

Can New Market Mechanisms Mobilize Emissions Reductions from the Private Sector? >>

Chancen und Barrieren für Technikanbieter bei CDM und JI
Discussion paper

Butzengeiger-Geyer, Sonja; Michaelowa, Axel; Dransfeld, Björn; Köhler, Michel; Bausch, Camilla; Dreblow, Eike; Tröltzsch, Jenny

(August 2012)

Published in Climate Change 13/12 by the Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Rosslau.

Chancen und Barrieren für Technikanbieter bei CDM und JI >>

Scenarios for the global carbon markets

Strengths and weaknesses of the CDM in comparison with new and emerging market mechanisms

Linking the CDM with new and emerging carbon markets
Papers for the CDM Policy Dialogue

Michaelowa, Axel

(June-July 2012)

Scenarios for the global carbon markets >>

Strengths and weaknesses of the CDM in comparison with new and emerging market mechanisms >>

Linking the CDM with new and emerging carbon markets >>

Market-based mechanisms in a post 2012 climate change regime
Summary report

Castro, Paula; Duwe, Matthias; Köhler, Michel; Zelljadt, Elizabeth

(2012)

Berlin.

Market-based mechanisms post 2012 >>

Equity and cost-effectiveness of adaptation finance - are they friends or foes?
CIS Working Paper 73

Stadelmann, Martin; Persson, Åsa; Ratajczak-Juszko, Izabela; Michaelowa, Axel

(2012)

Published by the Center for Comparative and International Studies (ETH Zurich and University of Zurich).

Equity and cost-effectiveness of adaptation finance >>

2011

Market mechanisms for adaptation to climate change - lessons from mitigation and a pathway to implementation

CIS Working Paper 71

Butzengeiger-Geyer, Sonja; Michaelowa, Axel; Köhler, Michel; Stadelmann, Martin

(November 2011)

Published by the Center for Comparative and International Studies (ETH Zurich and University of Zurich).

Leitet Herunterladen der Datei ein Market mechanisms for adaptation to climate change >>

Accounting of private climate finance. Types of finance, data gaps and the 100 billion dollar question
Working paper

Stadelmann, Martin; Roberts, J. Timmons; Michaelowa, Axel

(August 2011)

Published by Climate Strategies, Cambrige.

Leitet Herunterladen der Datei ein Accounting of private climate finance >>

How to enable the private sector to mitigate? Building capacity and creating an enabling environment for low-carbon business activities in developing countries
Working paper

Stadelmann, Martin; Michaelowa, Axel

(June 2011)

Published by Climate Strategies, Cambrige.

How to enable the private sector to mitigate >>

Design of the post-2012 climate regime: Sectoral approaches for greenhouse gas mitigation. Incentives for mitigation investments.
Discussion paper

Dransfeld, Björn; Michaelowa, Axel; Cames, Martin; Healy, Sean

(June 2011)

Published in Climate Change 14/11 by the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), Dessau-Rosslau.

Design of the post-2012 climate regime >>

Is there a leverage paradox in climate finance? Efficiency of the CDM and the GEF in leveraging funds and reducing CO2.
Working paper

Stadelmann, Martin; Castro, Paula; Michaelowa, Axel

(May 2011)

Published by Climate Strategies, Cambridge.

Is there a leverage paradox in climate finance >>

Universal metrics to compare the effectiveness of climate change adaptation projects
Working paper

Stadelmann, Martin Stadelmann; Michaelowa, Axel; Butzengeiger-Geyer, Sonja; Köhler, Michel

(April 2011)

Zurich.

Universal metrics to compare the effectiveness >>

Waking up the sleeping giant: How the new benchmark methodology can boost CDM in the building sector.
Article

Michaelowa, Axel; Hayashi, Daisuke

(2011)

Published in Trading Carbon Magazine, 5, 2011, p. 32-34

Waking up the sleeping giant >>

Fragmentation of international climate policy – doom or boon for carbon markets?
Article

Michaelowa, Axel

(2011)

Published in Progressing towards post-2012 carbon markets, p. 13-24, by UNEP Riso Centre, Roskilde.

Fragmentation of international climate policy >>

2010

Supported NAMA Design Concept for Energy-
Efficiency Measures in the Mexican Residential Building Sector

Final Draft Working Paper

Daisuke Hayashi, Axel Michaelowa, Stefan Wehenr, Matthias Krey, Fernanda Gusmao, Nelson Sam

(November 2010)

Published by Point Carbon Global Advisory Services, Mexico City.

co-funded by the German Federal Environment Ministry under the CDM/JI Initiative

Supported NAMA Design Concept for Energy >>

PoA Blueprint Book
Guidebook for PoA coordinators under CDM/JI 2. Edition

Daisuke Hayashi, Axel Michaelowa, Björn Dranfeld, Marc André Marr, Nicolas Müller, Stefan Wehner, Matthias Krey

(April 2010)

Published by the KfW Bankengruppe, Frankfurt am Main.

PoA Blueprint Book >>

Towards a more standardized approach to baselines and additionality under the CDM
Determining nationally appropriate performance standards and default factors

Daisuke Hayashi, Nicolas Müller, Sven Feige, Axel Michaelowa

(May 2010)

Commissioned by the UK Department for International Development.

CDM_standardized_approach_SPM >>

CDM_standardized_approach_Full report >>

CDM_standardized_approach_Building case >>

CDM_standardized_approach_Charcoal case >>

The Forum

The upset about international offsets

Axel Michaelowa, Derik Broekhoff, Laura H. Kosloff, Marti Spitzer, Michael Wara, Mark Trexler

(May/ June 2010)

Published by Environmental Law Insitute, Washington DC