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Will Poland change the course of the Paris Agreement?
Sandbag has written to the Polish government (in Polish) on ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Union. Tomorrow Member States will decide whether to ratify at the extraordinary ENVI Council meeting in Brussels. Poland who was a proud leader of the...
Cut the flab: Cement sector’s free lunch is costing other companies
Sandbag’s recent report on the cement sector highlighted several key flaws in Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) rules around free allocation of allowances. These rules give rise to perverse incentives to pollute: we estimate the ETS has increased cement sector emissions,...
Addressing the migration crisis means addressing the climate crisis
Today. the March meeting of the European Council will not be discussing a response to the Paris Climate Agreement, as many had hoped. Instead, the Council has decided to focus further debate on developing a plan for tackling the migration crisis. But migration stems...
New Climate Tracker App launches in UK Parliament
Last week we released our new smartphone app with an event at the House of Lords. The app showcases three important numbers: the carbon intensity of UK electricity; the EU and UK carbon prices; and the global atmospheric CO2 concentration. We were...
New app tracks the crucial numbers in climate change
The debate continues to rage: how to make the transition to living without emitting greenhouse gases? Renewables are pitched against nuclear, Carbon Capture and Storage against energy efficiency. It’s difficult to know where to focus our efforts. At Sandbag,...
New RWE CO2 purchase policy – a technicality
So RWE announced a new CO2 purchase policy today. Who of us thought it was a big change in the way they run their business model? Ok, only a few of us! It wasn't. Virtually nothing has changed. Ignore it, it's just a technicality. If you're really...
If electricity use grows, coal is a big part of the EU energy mix to 2030
Coal power stalks the earth, killing hundreds of thousands each year, and surpassing all other energy sources for its contribution to climate change. You’d be forgiven for expecting that the EU’s aggressive investment in renewable energy, and a...
Europe’s ten biggest carbon polluters in 2013
Press briefing from 1st April 2014 New data released by the European Commission today for the EU emissions trading scheme reveals the ten largest carbon emitters in Europe for 2013[1]. Five of the ten installations – all of which are coal or lignite fired power...
Why Sandbag?
When we set up Sandbag in 2008 we chose the name 'Sandbag' for a simple reason. To make a link between one of the likely impacts of climate change: increased flooding (thanks to changes in rainfall patterns and increased sea level) and the need for action....