The European Commission has asked for responses to its proposal on the Effort Sharing Regulation, which came out on July 20th 2016. This document provides Sandbag Climate Campaign’s response. Our key recommendations are: The target needs to be made more relevant The...
This report shows that EU-wide cost-effective emission reduction opportunities will not align with Member States’ national reduction targets. These targets will be set based on GDP/capita with some adjustments in line with the solidarity principle. If the sharing of...
Avoiding extinction for the EU’s climate ambition Sandbag’s latest report shows the EU’s biggest climate instrument – the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) – is not on track to deliver the EU’s longterm emission reduction targets: the ESD in 2020 will have a...
Sandbag’s response to the European Commission Consultation on the preparation of a legislative proposal on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the European Union’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment in a 2030...
This represent’s Sandbag’s submission to the Climate Change Committee’s Call for Evidence regarding the 5th Carbon Budget. In light of new developments in the EU ETS, Sandbag leads with the recommendation that the UK budgets should shift to full...
