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After the celebrations this weekend lets get Europe’s legal frameworks fit-for-purpose

Dec 12, 2015 | Briefs

[This blog is adapted from an article published in the Huffington Post on 11.12.2015] Europe is an old economy. We’re industrialised, highly capitalised and largely privatised. To achieve change we need laws and policies in a way that other major...

Europe’s 2030 climate offer threatened by massive over-delivery of 2020 target

Oct 21, 2015 | General

Figures released from the European Environment Agency yesterday indicate that Europe will significantly outperform its 2020 climate target; however, Sandbag finds that the EEA continue to seriously downplay the level of emissions cuts Europe can expect. Moreover, we...

Putting CO2 into the circular economy

Sep 11, 2015 | CCS

Last week, Sandbag submitted its response to the Commission’s Consultation on the Circular Economy, drawing attention to the understated potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and mineralisation technologies to close the carbon loop and recycle wastes into...

As Paris approaches, an easy route to increased EU climate ambition

Aug 3, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

As pressure mounts on leaders to reach a new global climate change agreement this December, European policymakers have begun the process of constructing laws that will enforce Europe’s emissions cuts out to 2030. In July, the European Commission released a first major...