Dec 29, 2015
Sandbag supports four key changes to improve the Commission’s Market Stability Reserve proposal. They are needed to avoid a price crash and the possible collapse of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. • Cancel backloaded allowances • Cancel unallocated free...
Nov 27, 2015
Flaws in the way EU Member States forecast emissions mean Europe is cutting CO2 faster than previously thought. Sandbag’s new analysis reveals that Member State forecasts for both 2014 and 2015 are significantly above actual emission levels. We think this is the thin...
Oct 29, 2015
Sandbag’s complementary briefing to accompany our response to theEuropean Commission’s new Energy Market Design consultation. In it, we propose a European-wide electricity supplier decarbonisation obligation, to enable continued decarbonisation in the face...
Sep 30, 2015
responding_to_ets_revision_-_briefing This briefing represents Sandbag’s official feedback to the Commission’s draft ETS revision. Building on on our consultation submission and two reports published shortly before and shortly after the Commission...
Jul 31, 2015
Supporting EU competitiveness and innovation in the ETS On Wednesday 15th July, the EU Commission released new legislation to reform Europe’s key climate policy, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This kicks off a year-long debate about how best to marry low...
