Watch a video presentation by Simone Borghesi, LIFE SIDE project director, introducing the literature-based report, produced by the project, assessing the performance of the EU ETS.  

The LIFE SIDE team has just released a Policy brief on ”The International Dimension of the EU ETS”. Abstract The international dimension of an emissions trading system (ETS) pertains to the capacity of its regulation to produce economic and environmental effects Read More …

Simone Borghesi, Director of FSR Climate, was the keynote speaker at the workshop SEEDS – Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies,  held at the University of Ferrara on 18 September 2018. On this occasion Prof Borghesi presented the results of the Read More …

The LIFE SIDE final conference will take place in Florence, Italy, on 27-28 November 2018. The event will provide the opportunity to present the conclusions of a literature-based report assessing the performance of the EU ETS and to discuss some of Read More …

An article in Italian, with the title ‘Clima, a che punto è davvero il mercato che regola il 45% delle emissioni Ue? has been published on the Greenreport portal. Written by the journalist Luca Aterini, who visited the LIFE SIDE Read More …

Take part in today’s debate at 12.00 CET on Competitiveness and carbon leakage in carbon markets: perspectives and challenges. Speakers in the debate will be: Christian Egenhofer, Head of the Energy and Climate programme; Director of Energy Climate House, CEPS Milan Read More …

The online training course on the EU ETS ended on 13 July.  Participants have been actively engaged and have been completing their final assignments this week. This was a 5-week course providing participants with video lectures, readings,  interactive online activities and Read More …

The LIFE SIDE Public Debate at the European Parliament, on 20 June, gathered policymakers, mainly from the European Parliament and the Commission to present results of an assessment on the EU ETS carried out as part of the project and discuss Read More …

The LIFE SIDE project team is organising, on Wednesday, 20 June, a Public Debate at the European Parliament, in Brussels. The event aims to gather policymakers from the European Parliament, Member States and the Commission to discuss latest and future developments Read More …

On Thursday, 10 May 2018, the LIFE SIDE team held a meeting at the EUI with Prof. Zhang Xiliang, Professor of Management Science and Engineering and Director, Institute for Energy, Environment & Economy, Tsinghua University, China. The meeting meant to explore future opportunities for cooperation with Read More …