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New EU border tariffs will boost low-carbon cement
31st January, Brussels - As the EU debates whether to raise border tariffs on cement, new research by environmental think-tank Sandbag shows the proposed tariffs can create better incentives to cut cement emissions and reward companies that produce low-carbon cement....
2017: A new starting point on the trajectory to 2050
New Climate Action Regulation translates the Paris Agreement into EU domestic policy and creates mechanism for Member States to collectively achieve 2050 target cost-effectively ENVI draft proposal introduces Climate Action Regulation, replacing the Effort Sharing...
MEPs vote on reforms to tackle cement’s windfall profits from the ETS
MEPs vote on reforms to tackle cement sector’s windfall profits from the ETS A vote in the European Parliament this morning could put an end to the cement sector’s windfall profits from the EU carbon market. MEPs in the European Parliament Environment Committee...
MEPs vote to tackle cement’s windfall profits from the ETS
MEPs vote on reforms to tackle cement sector’s windfall profits from the ETS MEPs in the European Parliament Environment Committee (ENVI), voting on amendments to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), have proposed to stop giving free allowances to several industrial...
ENVI VOTE on Phase IV ETS reform
Today’s ENVI committee vote on the EU ETS reached a last minute compromise on changes for the Phase IV of the system. The vote failed to create a well functioning market, instead binding the EU ETS to an unrealistic path inconsistent with both effective carbon pricing...
Rebasing the EU ETS cap won't increase uncertainty
Sandbag has proposed rebasing the starting level of the cap under Phase 4 of Europe’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to reflect actual emissions in 2020.This is the most appropriate reform option for addressing the immediate imbalance between supply and demand in...
CCU-fuels are not renewable
30th NOVEMBER UPDATE The Commission published its proposals for the Renewable Energy Directive today as part of the EU's Winter Package. You can read them here. Disappointingly, a loophole that allows non-renewable CCU-fuels to contribute to the EU renewables target...
Paris means negative emissions
Brexit may mean Brexit, but Paris means negative emissions. Today, as the global agreement enters into force, governments and civil society must act in concert to deploy carbon negative technology. If governments worldwide are serious in their Paris Agreement plans...