01.11.2013 - Carbon curbs haven’t spurred production exodus, EU study shows
No businesses in Europe relocated production to regions without greenhouse-gas emission curbs between 2005 and 2012, according to a study for the European Commission on a process known as carbon leakage. “We found no evidence for any carbon leakage” in the past two trading periods of the European Union’s emissions program, said Ecorys, the Rotterdam, Netherlands-based consultancy that wrote the study published on the EU’s website. “However we think there are indications that this can change in the third period” that started this year, Ecorys said.........................Full Article: Source
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