How to fix the ETS

How to fix the ETS

Oct 5, 2016 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

…and avoid the infamous Cross-Sectoral Correction Factor Each year, industries across the EU receive billions of Euros worth of free allowances from the European Commission in order to protect them from the costs of compliance with the EU carbon market. The...

Will Poland change the course of the Paris Agreement?

Sep 29, 2016 | General

Sandbag has written to the Polish government (in Polish) on ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Union. Tomorrow Member States will decide whether to ratify at the extraordinary ENVI Council meeting in Brussels. Poland who was a proud leader of the...

From Energiewende to transformacja energetyczna a la Polonaise?

Sep 13, 2016 | General

Last week Ola Mirowicz, Sandbag’s Climate Policy Adviser, spoke at the Polish Economic Forum in Krynica about the opportunities for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to address the challenge of the Energiewende. The Economic Forum is a major economic and...