May 3, 2011
On the 16th May 2011 the European Commission released the final emissions trading data for 2010, giving the most up-to-date picture yet of how the system is functioning. Included in this data is the total use of international offset credits, from both Clean...
May 1, 2011
NGOs welcome the European Commission’s moves to increase the security of the EU ETS. Bolstering security measures to ensure an effective trading system is of paramount importance. Increased security measures, however, should not come at the detriment of transparency...
Dec 3, 2010
To date Italy has perceived its obligations under both the Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emissions Trading System purely as a punitive cost to be shouldered rather than an opportunity for development. Not only has this made Italy nervous of European efforts to increase...
Oct 3, 2010
This report follows on from Sandbag’s ‘International Offsets and the EU 2009’ report released in July 2010. That report focused specifically on the use of CDM credits generated in uncapped countries, which make up the overwhelming majority of offsets used for...
Sep 13, 2010
This report critically evaluates the perfomance and prospects of the EU ETS as it currently stands. It explores how Phase 2 caps have been weakend by recession, and how slack from Phase 2 – in the form of unused offset credits – is likely to defer...
