Jul 13, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
On Wednesday, the EU Commission will release new legislation to reform Europe’s key climate policy, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This will kick off a year-long debate about how best to marry low carbon ambitions with economic competitiveness. In our...
Jun 26, 2015 | CCS, Climate financing
Deep emissions reductions in the European power sector are already occurring, but emissions reductions in industrial sectors have been largely limited to incremental efficiency gains. In a new briefing, Sandbag looks at a funding model for industrial decarbonisation...
Jun 25, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
Some say ditch it, others say it's all we'll ever need. Sandbag's new report, released today alongside an animation and webinar, shows that the Emissions Trading Scheme can only be part of the wide variety of climate policies Europe needs to...
May 18, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
Today the European Commission announced that the EU ETS surplus of over 2 billion allowances,fell by only 30 million allowances in 2014. The European Commission data is in line with Sandbag’s 2014 forecast, which Carbon Pulse reported today as the most accurate; only...
May 6, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
Trialogue discussions between the European Parliament, Council and Commission concluded on Tuesday evening in a landmark agreement to reform Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Sandbag calculates that this agreement could now remove as many as 2.2 billion...
