External research papers

A rough guide to individual carbon trading

Defra commissioned scoping study into personal carbon allowances.

An investigation into the feasibility and effectiveness of PCT in tackling greenhouse gas emissions

Masters dissertation by Rob Siveter, Imperial College, University of London.

Investigating Domestic Tradable Quotas

Domestic Tradable Quotas are a form of personal carbon trading, described by Richard Starkey and Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

Energy and the common purpose

Latest edition of 'Energy and the Common Purpose - Decending the energy staircase with Tradable Energy Quotas' by David Fleming.

UKERC workshop report: Personal Carbon Trading

Workshop summary report 'Personal Carbon Trading: an exploratory research and policy workshop'. This event was held at the UKERC on 24th October 2006.

Making Carbon Personal?

A paper produced for Defra in May 2007 by the Centre for Sustainable Energy looking at the various initiatives currently underway across the UK focussed on individual carbon reduction.

The distributional impacts

'The distributional impacts of economic instruments to limit greenhouse gas emissions from transport', a discussion paper by Simon Dresner and Paul Ekins (2004).

Personal air and car transport- just don't do it!

A research paper by Christian Brand of the Environmental Change Institute, on the patterns of CO2 emissions from personal transport accross differnet sectors society.

Personal Carbon Trading: notional concept or workable proposition?

Personal Carbon Trading: notional concept or workable proposition? Exploring theoretical, ideological and practical underpinnings by Gill Seyfang, Irene Lorenzoni, Mike Nye (2007)