A project-based system for including farmers in the EU ETS

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Title: Should farmers participate in the EU ETS? Permit price, measurement and technology. Journal of Environmental ManagementWe have now revised the paper according to the proposals of the referees. We have considered all the points made by the referees. Below we provide an overview over our response to all the referees' comments. (Marked with yellow). We also shortened the paper according to the advice of the editor. If the paper is still too long, we would be willing to remove the appendix.We want to thank the two referees for valuable comments and suggestings that have improved the paper significantly.Reviewer 1's comments 1. The structure of the abstract is not sound enough. The author/authors should write a comprehensive abstract based on the result and discussion.We have changed the abstract according to the guidelines of the referee 2. Introduction: There are some non-pertinent statements in the Introduction. It should be reduced as the scope of the paper. There are so many facts used in the Introduction without providing the evidences. Please improve it.We have significantly changed the introduction and made it even more focused. The title has also changed according to the revised main question, i.e. how to develop a project-based system for including farmers in the EU ETS. We have eliminated several paragraphs, including the part that farmers are affected by climate change, and the part of the future plan for the EU TPS market, to strengthen focus in the introduction.3. Methods: The way of realizing the objectives of the study is not clear. Please improve it.In the end of the introduction, we have added a large paragraph on the method we employ, namely economic theory. It is now considered how we apply this theory on the research question at hand.4. Results, and Discussion: Please restructure your results with relevant discussions which will let the readers clearly understand your findings.We have included a large paragraph in the end of the introduction that describes our methodology, and the main analysis and findings.5. The conclusion should be more precise.We have changed the conclusion such that it focuses more on the results and implications of our analysis in relation to a project-based system for including farmers in the EU ETS *Detailed Response to ReviewersReviewer #2:(1) Anstract need to be rewrittenHas been done, according to the guidelines of the two referees (2) In page 2, Last para: Authors argue that there is a research gap in the given topic, in fact it is not solely true. The problem here is that Authors mostly cited reports and websites, they have not gone through journal articles. I ask them to go through journal articles. For example, see Maraseni, T.N., We have added the following paragraph: The idea of including farmers in a national emission trading system has been launched in Australia (Maraseni 2009; ABARE 2010) but it has not yet been applied to the EU. This is our contribution to the literature.(3) in page 2, last para: I ask authors to discuss latest debates of United State...

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