Aug 2, 2014
Responding to the European Commission’s request for stakeholder submissions on the post-2020 carbon leakage provisions, Sandbag made clear that the current rules (free allocation benchmarked against historical production for a fixed baseline year) is failing to...
Jul 31, 2014
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a variety of processes for extracting CO2 from large point sources and permanently storing it, has been recognised by the European Commission since the 2008 Impact Assessment as an essential part of Europe’s low carbon pathway....
Jul 4, 2014
With Carbon Market Watch, this short and simple brochure accompanies our event in Brussels introducing new MEPs to the basics of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Mar 31, 2014
As European leaders meet today to discuss Europe’s next energy and climate framework, Poland is again poised to delay or block efforts to agree a 2030 climate target. But new research conducted by Sandbag finds that Poland has consistently gained preferential access...
Mar 2, 2014
EU Member States are at loggerheads over the need for a 2030 renewable energy target. A binding Decarbonisation Obligation or Emissions Performance Standard might be a way to achieve the same aims of reducing carbon emissions and supporting investor confidence in the...
