Apr 6, 2022 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
Emissions covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme rebound but allowances in circulation remain as high as in 2019 This analysis is based on estimations using data available as of 4 April 2022. It will be updated as more data is made available during the coming...
Feb 16, 2022 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
EU ETS Reform - Policy Suggestions for the European Parliament Achieving the increased EU climate targets and the goals of the Paris Agreement requires strong incentives to be set for the economy to decarbonise. A significant part of the EU’s carbon emissions is found...
Feb 9, 2022 | Climate Financing, EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
EU ETS Revenues: Who Receives What? The Trillion Euro Question This brief gives an analysis of the EU ETS Revenues, and aims to highlight, under various scenarios, how much is allocated to industry, Member States, and the Union’s budget respectively. The European...
Dec 17, 2021 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Industry
Why Free Allocation in the EU ETS Must Stop Urgently Free allocation (FA) under the EU ETS has been criticised for directing large amounts of taxpayers’ money towards incumbent polluting plants, turning the polluter-pays principle on its head and not being sustainable...
Nov 29, 2021 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Industry
Urgent: CBAM needed to abolish free allocation under the EU ETS Why was the CBAM proposed in the first place? In July 2021, the EU announced its Fit for 55 package – a sweeping set of climate and energy policy proposals which forms the EU’s approach to combat...
