Jun 1, 2017 | Briefs, Climate financing
For immediate release, Thursday 1st June 2017 Contact (+32) 2893 9208 suzana@sandbag.org.uk for more information New European Parliament climate policy cuts half a billion tonnes of CO2 Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) voted on Tuesday to improve the Effort...
May 30, 2017 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Industry, Steel
EU ETS reform risks failing to cut the steel sector’s emissions whilst boosting the sector’s unearned profits – this was the key message of a letter delivered yesterday to Heads of European Member States from Climate Action Network Europe (of which Sandbag...
May 29, 2017 | Briefs, EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
In October 2014, EU Heads of State and Governments agreed to reduce emissions in non-ETS sectors including transport, buildings, waste and agriculture by 30% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. Today, together with CAN Europe, Sandbag is urging the Parliament’s...
May 15, 2017 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
On 12th May, the Commission for the first time published the scale of the ETS surplus[1]. This is the first time this has been published by the Commission since phase 2 started in 2008. We welcome the clarity this brings. According to the Commission, the ETS surplus...
Mar 15, 2017 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Industry, Steel
In its press release following the Environment Council’s (ENV) agreement on a general approach for reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the European Steel Association (EUROFER) accuses the Council of falling short on carbon leakage protection. However, as...
