Feb 1, 2012
This briefing explores how set aside legislation is being introduced from the outset into California’s cap-and-trade legislation. The Californian scheme contains two strategic reserves of permits: the larger one is an Allowance Price Containment Reserve, which helps...
Nov 3, 2011
In den vergangenen Jahren haben wir bereits in verschiedenen Berichten dargestellt, ob und wie sich das europäische Emissionshandelssystem (EU ETS) bewährt hat. Unter Nutzung öffentlich zugänglicher sowie von uns selbst ermittelter Daten haben wir nun untersucht, wie...
Sep 3, 2011
Sandbag submitted this memorandum as written evidence towards the latest ECC Select Committee inquiry. The ECC Committee describes the inquiry as follows: The EU ETS is the principal policy instrument for climate change mitigation in the EU. This inquiry will...
Jul 3, 2011
Three years into Europe’s Emissions Trading System second trading period – how is it performing? This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the environmental outlook of the ETS, covering permit allocations, oversupply, companies use of offsets and...
Jun 3, 2011
Thanks to overly optimistic forecasts of growth and fierce lobbying by heavy industry the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has failed to incentivise cost effective reductions in emissions and instead enabled some companies to profit from the scheme. This report looks...
