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The Eternal Surplus of the Spineless Market

Mar 12, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

New analysis from Sandbag shows that even with a strong Market Stability Reserve (MSR), the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) surplus will stay at about two billion tonnes until 2020. This will mean, contrary to some other analysts predictions, a tonne of carbon...

Parliament makes landmark decision on fixing Europe’s carbon market

Feb 24, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Today the EU Parliament endorsed an extensive package of reforms to rescue Europe’s carbon market. The package would from 2018 begin tackling the current 2 billion tonne oversupply of carbon allowances and prevent an avalanche of roughly 1.6 billion allowances...

Parliament makes landmark decision for fixing Europe’s carbon market

Feb 24, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Today the EU Parliament endorsed an extensive package of reforms to rescue Europe’s carbon market. Today’s package would from 2018 begin tackling the current 2 billion tonne oversupply of carbon allowances and prevent an avalanche of roughly 1.6 billion allowances...

European Commission’s carbon market fix could face ten year setback

Feb 15, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

In a new report published today, Sandbag finds that the European Commission’s proposal to tackle the oversupply of 2 billion allowances in the EU carbon market, could take a decade to get supply below current levels. download PDF

EU Industry Committee fails to reach agreement on carbon market fix

Jan 22, 2015 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Today the European Parliament’s Industry Committee (ITRE) failed to reach agreement on the on the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), the Commission’s proposed fix for the oversupplied EU carbon market. This often environmentally conservative committee came very close to...
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