Aug 3, 2013
The UK government is examining the EU’s competence (power to act), in balance with the UK government. Sandbag’s evidence regarding the environment and climate change sector is available here; the government’s full report will be published in December...
Jul 3, 2013
In this written evidence submitted to the EAC, Sandbag argues that the UK government has no basis to weaken the 4th carbon budget, and on the contrary should look to strengthen it. We highlight that EU ambition for the relevant period (2023-2027) has not yet been...
Jun 3, 2013
Drifting Toward Disaster is Sandbag’s 5th Annual Environmental Outlook for the EU, reviewing how the scheme has performed across the whole of its second trading phase. The report finds that the Emissions Trading Scheme stands to deliver less than zero net...
Jun 1, 2013
The Sovereign Emission Rights Framework is a special report prepared by Sandbag as part of its response to the European Commission stakeholder consultation on the 2015 international climate change agreement. In the runup to the 2015 Climate Conference, our new report...
Apr 3, 2013
An update to Sandbag’s 2012 briefing on the UK Carbon Floor Price in light of the 2013 budget and recent developments.