Jul 4, 2009
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is a central plank of the EU’s policy framework towards tackling climate change. Covering 50% of Europe’s emissions it creates approximately 2 billion tradeable permits a year. The scheme has the capacity to be a very...
Mar 20, 2009
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Mar 4, 2009
The UK is now liable to meet legally enforceable carbon budgets. To account for the fact that ~50% of emissions of CO2 are covered by the EU ETS Government has chosen to count traded effort towards the meeting of these budget (as opposed to counting actual emissions)....
Oct 4, 2008
A key criteria for a global climate change deal in Copenhagen in 2009 is that it should be sufficient, meaning that it must address the need for global emissions to peak and decline quickly. Time is a critical factor in the science of climate change. Delaying action...
