The Effort Sharing Dinosaur

Avoiding extinction for the EU’s climate ambition Sandbag’s latest report shows the EU’s biggest climate instrument – the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) –  is not on track to deliver the EU’s longterm emission reduction targets: the ESD in 2020 will have a...
2015 ETS Emissions Analysis (1st April preliminary data)

2015 ETS Emissions Analysis (1st April preliminary data)

Total emissions are 11mt down, or 0.6%, from 1813mt to 1802mt  •Exact levels uncertain, as 10% of emissions have not been published (mostly Polish) Power and heat emissions fell 0.6%, from 1073mt to 1065mt    This fall follows a massive 8% in 2014 power sector...
Amendment to the 2016 Energy Bill: Carbon Accounting Reform

Amendment to the 2016 Energy Bill: Carbon Accounting Reform

This briefing presents an amendment to the 2015-16 UK Energy Bill drafted in partnership with Client Earth, and supported by WWF, RSPB and Greenpeace. It seeks to make the UK government directly accountable for emissions in the sectors covered by the EU Emissions...
Options for Reforming the EU ETS

Options for Reforming the EU ETS

This briefing is prepared to coincide with the meeting of Energy and Environment Ministers in Horsens Denmark. It reviews some of the main options for ETS reform, exploring measures both to fix the supply of allowances in the short term and also to establish an...