Avoiding the Avalanche

Avoiding the Avalanche

In this report, Sandbag finds that the European Commission’s proposal to tackle the oversupply of 2 billion allowances in the EU carbon market, could take a decade to get supply below current levels. It finds that that previous forecasts published by the Commission...
Request for Internal Review of Commission Carbon Leakage Decision

Request for Internal Review of Commission Carbon Leakage Decision

Following our briefing on the problems with the ETS Carbon Leakage list, with this request for an Internal Review (2014/746/EU), climate NGOs are continuing their challenge to the unreasonable €30 carbon price assumption for compensating EU industry (the current price...
Response to the DECC Consultation on Implementing the EPS

Response to the DECC Consultation on Implementing the EPS

This brief note responds to the Department of Energy & Climate Change consultation on Implementing the Emissions Performance Standard on electricity generation in the UK. Sandbag continues to believe the EPS, though welcome, does not go far enough to signal the...