The Three Billion Tonne Problem
1 February 2017 Sandbag’s new analysis of European emissions in 2016 reveals that the EU ETS has hit a new record of 3 billion tonnes of surplus EUAs, including both volumes available to the market and those destined for the MSR. This record surplus and accompanying...The Cement Industry of the Future
31 January 2017 As the EU debates whether to raise border tariffs on cement, new research shows that a border adjustment mechanism would offer better incentives to cut cement emissions than the current EU ETS free allocation, whilst rewarding companies that produce...The missing link in the Effort Sharing Regulation
How the European Project-Based Mechanism is the best answer to the problem of unequal distribution of cost-effective emission reductions opportunities across EU-28 Member States under the current Effort Sharing Regulation 2030 targets.