The complex regulatory space of an ETS for agriculture in the EU

Description

In this paper, a complex regulatory space (CRS) framework was deployed to synthesise lessons learned from a comparative study of agricultural integrations into obligatory emissions reduction mechanisms in Australia, the province of Alberta (Canada), and the state of California (USA). The purpose of this comparative study is to distill regulatory design lessons that are relevant to the EU's current efforts to make policy and construct regulatory frameworks for agricultural emissions in the EU. Reviewing legal frameworks and empirical interview data from the three jurisdictions revealed the importance of multiple balances that regulators and policy-makers must continuously strike in their efforts to send the right regulatory feedback signals to stakeholders in order to achieve regulatory emissions reduction objectives. In each jurisdiction, including the EU, how balances are struck all differ, indicative of how regulatory frameworks to tackle agricultural emissions are socially and politically embedded in deep ways that will present perpetual challenges to EU policymakers as they choose how to intervene in this space.

Period	7 Dec 2023
Event title	Symposium Reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions & the role of law
Event type	Conference
Location	Amsterdam, NetherlandsShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International