当前具有挑战性的政策环境提出了一个问题,即哪些政策决定应该在国家一级作出,哪些政策决定应当在欧洲联盟一级作出。一般来说,欧盟只应负责提供欧洲公共产品,而各国更适合提供国家公共产品。然而,在实践中,情况很少如此简单。我们提供了一个识别EPG的框架,主要有三个见解。
中央银行数字货币(CBDC)正在世界各地成为现实,现在有超过110个国家正在探索“数字现金”。在G20经济体中,18个已经超越了研究阶段,进入了开发或试点阶段。隐私、网络安全和打击非法金融的标准正在制定中。因此,任何希望为这些标准做出贡献的司法管辖区都需要理解创建CBDC所涉及的复杂权衡,并积极参与全球跨境测试。
The challenge now for policymakers and industry alike is to smoothly facilitate a transition toward structurally lower gas consumption.
The European Commission’s electricity market reform proposal, published 14 March, is a response to record-high electricity prices in 2022 and concerns over supply security. But it also brings forward a debate that was anyway looming: upgrading the design of Europe’s electricity market to encourage the investment needed to transition smoothly to a climate-neutral economy.
The global fight against climate change suffers from a problem that holds back international action in many areas: countries make promises and set goals, but then fail to stump up sufficient financing to make them happen.
A structural reform of the electricity market is necessary in light of the increasing demand for electricity and the growing share of renewable energy