DCU Programme on Carbon Pricing for Shipping

Carbon Pricing Training Materials

Carbon Pricing Training

Part I - Foundations

Session 1 - Background and context; Types of GHG pricing measures

Session 2 - GHG pricing vs direct regulation; Combining GHG pricing with other instruments

Part II - Advanced

Session 3 - Setting the GHG price; Exemptions

Session 4 - Offsetting; Carbon revenues: management and governance

GHG Pricing Training

Part I - Fundamental

Session 1 - Background and context; types of GHG pricing mechanisms

Session 2 - Setting the GHG price level; GHG pricing and complementary policies

Part II - Advanced

Session 4 - Existing international instruments that raise revenues; UNFCCC Funds

Session 5 - Implementing Entities and accountability mechanisms in the UNFCCC Funds; strategies to ensure balanced distribution of funds

Carbon Pricing Training

The training programme on carbon pricing for shipping is divided into two parts. Part I covers foundational topics relating to carbon pricing for international shipping. Part II covers more advanced topics on the subject.

All materials are available free of charge and can be downloaded below.

Part I - Foundations

Session 1 - Background and context; Types of GHG pricing measures

Slides Session 1

Essential reading

Baresic, D. et al. (2022) Closing the Gap: An Overview of the Policy Options to Close the Competitiveness Gap and Enable an Equitable Zero-Emission Fuel Transition in Shipping. UMAS. Pages 26-29. Download.

Additional reading

Parry, I. et al. (2022) 'A Carbon Levy for International Maritime Fuels'. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 16 (1). Pages 25-29.

Session 2 - GHG pricing vs direct regulation; Combining GHG pricing with other instruments

Slides Session 2

Essential reading

Baranzini, A. et al. (2017) ‘Carbon pricing in climate policy: seven reasons, complementary instruments, and political economy considerations’, WIREs Climate Change, 8(4). Pages 1-7. Download.

Part II - Advanced

Session 3 - Setting the GHG price; Exemptions

Slides Session 3

Essential reading

Dominioni, G. (2023) ‘Towards an equitable transition in the decarbonization of international maritime transport: Exemptions or carbon revenues?’, Marine Policy. Pages 3-6. Download.

Parry, I. et al. (2022) 'A Carbon Levy for International Maritime Fuels'. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 16 (1). Page 31.

Session 4 - Offsetting; Carbon revenues: management and governance

Slides Session 4

Essential reading

Dominioni, G. and Englert, D. (2022) Carbon Revenues from International Shipping: Enabling an Effective and Equitable Energy Transition – Technical Paper. Washington, DC.: World Bank. Pages 47-49. Download.

GHG Pricing Training

The training programme on GHG pricing for shipping is divided into two parts. Part I covers foundational topics relating to GHG pricing for international shipping. Part II covers more advanced topics on the subject.

All materials are available free of charge and can be downloaded below.

Part I - Fundamental

Session 1 - Background and context; types of GHG pricing mechanisms

Slides Session 1

Essential Reading

Baresic, D. et al. (2022) Closing the Gap: An Overview of the Policy Options to Close the Competitiveness Gap and Enable an Equitable Zero-Emission Fuel Transition in Shipping. UMAS. Pages 26-29. Download.

Session 2 - Setting the GHG price level; GHG pricing and complementary policies

Slides Session 2

Essential Reading

Parry, Ian, et al. ‘A carbon levy for international maritime fuels.’ Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 16.1 (2022): 25-41, p. 31.
Baranzini, Andrea, et al. ‘Carbon pricing in climate policy: seven reasons, complementary instruments, and political economy considerations.’ Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 8.4 (2017): e462, p. 6-7.

Part II - Advanced

Session 4 - Existing international instruments that raise revenues; UNFCCC Funds

Slides Session 4

Essential Reading

Amerasinhe, et al. (2017). Future of the Funds: Exploring the Architecture of Multilateral Climate Finance, WRI, pp25-57.
Reinsberg, et al. (2020). Climate Change-Related Trust Funds at the Multilateral Development Banks. GIZ, (2020).