The climate policies research group examines topics in climate mitigation policies in various sectors. Performance of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been and will be a subject of various studies. We also examine cost-effective climate policies in agriculture and its coherence with water policies. A new topic is forest bioeconomy and climate-smart forest management. Much of the work of this group is related to the work of the Finnish Climate Change Panel. We focus especially on non-EU ETS and LULUCF sectors, EU’s burden sharing and emission reduction goals for 2030 and beyond. The group contributes to Keiju project by examining the role of flexible mechanisms for the Finnish climate policies. Our collaborators in this project are VTT, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and Natural Resources Institute (Luke).

Researchers:

Markku Ollikainen (Professor)

Sanna Lötjönen (Doctoral student)

Karoliina Pilli-Sihvola (Doctoral Student)

Liisa Saikkonen (Doctoral student)

Sally Weaver (Research assistant)

 

Projects:

 Ilmastopaneeli (Finnish Climate Change Panel)

 Keiju

 

Selected publications:

 Pilli-Sihvola, K.,B. van Oort, I. Hanssen-Bauer, M. Ollikainen, M. Rummukainen and H. Tuomenvirta, 2014. Communication and Use of Climate Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Local Environment: the International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, In Press.

Saikkonen, L., M. Ollikainen, J. Lankoski 2014. Imported palm oil for biofuels in the EU: Profitability, greenhouse gas emissions and social welfare effects. Biomass and Bioenergy: 68:7-23.

Ollikainen, M. 2014. Forests in Bioeconomy – Smart Green Growth for the Humankind. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. In Press.

Aatola P., M. Ollikainen and K. Ollikka 2014. Informational efficiency of the EU ETS market – a study of price predictability and profitable trading. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 3: 92-123.

Aatola P., M. Ollikainen and A. Toppinen 2013. Impact of the Carbon Price on the Integrating European Electricity Market. Energy Policy, 61: 1236-1251.

Ollikainen, M., Järvelä, M., Peltonen-Sainio, P., Grönroos, J., Lötjönen, S., Kortetmäki, T., Regina, K., Hakala, K. & Palosuo, T. 2014. Ympäristöllisesti ja sosiaalisesti kestävä ilmastopolitiikka maataloudessa. Suomen ilmastopaneeli. Raportti 1/2014.

 Syri S, Vihma, A., Airaksinen M., Hast, A. Järvelä M., Ollikainen M., Savolainen I., Soimakallio S. 2013. Kansainvälisen ja EU:n ilmastopolitiikan ajankohtaisia teemoja. Suomen Ilmastopaneeli, Raportteja 6/2013.

Aatola, P., M. Ollikainen and E. Toppinen 2013. Price determination in the EU-ETS market: Theory and econometric analysis with market fundamental. Energy Economics, 36: 380-395.

Kokko, K. Helenius, H. Juhola, S., Kulmala, M. Ollikainen, M. Savolainen I. ja Seppälä, J. 2012. Arviointi ilmastolain vaihtoehdoista ja tarpeellisuudesta. Suomen ilmastopaneeli, Raportti 1/2012

Ervola, A,. J.Lankoski, M. Ollikainen and H. Mikkola 2012. Agriculture and climate change: The socially optimal production, land use and GHG emissions. Food Science 9, 10-24.

Lankoski J. and M. Ollikainen 2011. Biofuel policies and the environment: Do climate benefits warrant increased production from biofuel feedstocks? Ecological Economics 70: 676-687.

Pilli-Sihvola, K., P. Aatola, M. Ollikainen and H. Tuomenvirta 2010. Climate change and electricity consumption – witnessing increasing or decreasing use and costs? Energy Policy 38: 2409-2419.