Press releases

Just Transition Fund: Moment of truth for European Parliament’s climate ambition

Sep 16, 2020 | Climate Financing

Sandbag has joined 64 civil society organisations from across Europe, calling on Members of the European Parliament to protect the integrity of the Just Transition Fund. This fund is intended to help EU Member States finance their transition to climate neutrality by...

EU ETS for aviation: on course for climate neutrality?

Aug 28, 2020 | Aviation, EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

As the EU aims for climate neutrality by 2050, the aviation sector is lagging far behind in terms of climate action. Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are increasing rapidly, and the sector receives many tax exemptions and state subsidies. Within Europe, the main...

Building the Transition: Sandbag’s Response to the Review of the Construction Products Regulation

Aug 19, 2020 | Construction, Industry

The European Green Deal lays out a list of EU policies and legislation that need to be updated and brought in line with the 2050 climate neutrality goal. One of these is the Construction Products Regulation, governing building materials which often have very...

2020 Industrial Relaunch

May 28, 2020 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Industry

This report has been informed by a call for evidence conducted by Sandbag between October 2019 – January 2020 and builds on Sandbag’s previous work on industrial emissions policy. It follows on from Sandbag’s report on Barriers to Industrial Decarbonisation, published...

Is the EU ETS going to pass the novel coronavirus test?

Apr 28, 2020 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

The EU ETS Phase II (2008-2012) was badly affected by an economic crisis of historical proportions which saw a massive drop in demand for allowances on the carbon market. This put a shock in the ETS system and the carbon price dropped from 30 EUR/t in 2008 to the...

Overall ETS emissions 2019 : expect the unexpected

Apr 2, 2020 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Industry emissions experience biggest annual drop towards end of Phase III Disclaimer: Analysis done on the basis of number available on EUTL on April 1st COB 2020, some verified numbers still due to be coming in by May 2020 Reported 2019 emissions were 1523 MT CO2...