Response to the DECC Consultation on Implementing the EPS

Response to the DECC Consultation on Implementing the EPS

Nov 2, 2014

This brief note responds to the Department of Energy & Climate Change consultation on Implementing the Emissions Performance Standard on electricity generation in the UK. Sandbag continues to believe the EPS, though welcome, does not go far enough to signal the...
Is Europe's new climate target a walk in the park?

Is Europe's new climate target a walk in the park?

Oct 31, 2014

Sandbag responds to the European Environment Agency’s 2014 Trends and Projections report, challenging the limited emissions reductions the Agency expects between 2013 and 2020 and warning that spare carbon allowances amassed in the EU ETS risk scuppering the...

2020 surplus projection

Oct 10, 2014

For the first time, Sandbag – alongside its “Annual State of the ETS” – launches a complementary report, “Forecasting the EU ETS to 2020”. Sandbag projects a 4.5 billion tonne surplus by 2020 – this is more than double the current 2.1bt surplus. This is far in excess...