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Persistent surplus risks stymieing EU ETS reform, finds research from Sandbag
The latest data analysis from think tank Sandbag shows that the reforms being widely considered for the EU ETS are unlikely to be effective drivers of decarbonisation, as they will fail to deal with the surplus of emissions allowances (EUAs) within the system. Using...
Parliament Carbon Border Adjustment vote a welcome call for EU ETS reform
The European Commission’s plan for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism cleared its first hurdle today as the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament passed an own initiative report broadly supportive of the mechanism. The report regards a Carbon Border Adjustment...
The EU’s Industrial Red Herring
Sandbag’s Response to 2020 EU Climate Law Consultation
Launching Sandbag’s report on barriers to industrial decarbonisation
Businesses are clear that changes to the ETS benchmarks are needed – to facilitate low-carbon production methods, and eliminate perverse incentives to pollute.
NEW DATA: European ETS emissions rise for first time in 7 years
Today, the European Commission published the preliminary 2017 emissions under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Sandbag has analysed the data, and we explain in six graphics what you need to know.
Effort sharing 2.0
Our new report shows EU cooperation is needed to unlock cost-effective reductions
The Tipping Point for the EU Electricity Transition
Launching today in Brussels – The EU Power Sector Review 2017.