Sandbag welcomes the opportunity offered by the European Commission to provide feedback on the draft Delegated Act defining a method for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings for certain fuels. However, we are concerned that, despite the commendable intention to...
The team has worked hard to update the content on a more dynamic and flexible platform. The new website means that we will be able to provide new insights and analysis more quickly and easily than before.
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...