EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Lawmakers close in on EU carbon market ‘frontloading’ to lower energy prices

Political groups in the European Parliament have announced a deal that will see the equivalent of €20bn taken from the EU carbon market in a bid to finance the move away from Russian fossil fuels and lower consumer energy bills.

EU business group voices ‘sympathy’ for moratorium on green laws

Policy

Airlines accused of lobbying against sustainable fuel mandates and tighter emissions accounting

Transport

How to be a net-zero winner

Energy

EU lawmakers up the ante, vote for 60% climate target for 2030

Policy

Business giants urge UK, EU to continue energy and climate cooperation after Brexit

A top-level business alliance has called on UK and EU leaders to ensure Brexit includes a comprehensive Climate and Energy Chapter, amid worries about the UK's commitment to international climate policies after the country leaves the European Union.

Policy

8 global sustainability trends to watch out for in 2018

Energy

European Parliament adopts draft reform of carbon market

The European Parliament on Wednesday (15 February) adopted draft reforms of the EU's carbon market post-2020 that aim to balance greater cuts in greenhouse gases with protection for energy-intensive industries.

Energy

Polluting industries stand to gain from EU ETS reform, report claims

A reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which is being voted on by the European Parliament next week, could end up giving more than €230bn in subsidies to polluting industries, a new report has claimed.

Climate & nature

How will Brexit impact our involvement in the Emissions Trading Scheme?

Energy

EU ETS in need of ‘ambitious’ revamp, MEPs warn

The European Union (EU) has been urged to revamp its Emission Trading System (ETS) to allow for free allowances to be given to the industries that need them most, even though it was revealed that struggling Tata Steel has received £700m from the ETS since 2008.

Policy

Tata Steel crisis: Four green solutions for the struggling steel industry

As the Tata Steel crisis rumbles on, commentators are pointing fingers at energy prices and green policies as key reasons behind Tata's decision to exit the UK. Are they right, or could a reformed green policy landscape and enhanced focus on sustainability actually end up convincing energy-intensive manufacturers to stay put?

Energy

EU decarbonisation policies could cost UK steel £300m a year

The EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) could cost the UK steel sector more than £300m a year by 2030, according to a new report from the industry.

Energy

Cap-and-trade “best solution we can agree on” for climate change

Nearly two thirds of 'carbon experts' believe that a cap-and-trade carbon market is the "best method we can agree on" for reducing global emissions.

EU to clamp down on ‘glut’ of carbon permits in the ETS

EU lawmakers have agreed to fastrack a reform to the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS), to deal with the surplus of allowances in the system.

Six renewable energy targets set for next UK Government

The renewable energy industry has united to launch a series of 'key tests' for the UK political parties ahead of the next General Election.

New coal power stations threat to EU’s emissions target

Burning Europe's lignite reserves would wipe out carbon budget from 2020 until the end of the century, says Greenpeace.

Aviation industry agrees global mechanism to reduce emissions

A global mechanism that could cut airlines' carbon emissions from 2020 has been supported by the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) 191 member countries.

Will a global aviation deal release the airline emission strategy’s potential?

Just a month before the triennial General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has produced a white paper stating that emissions reduction and sector offsetting is both achievable and affordable, and perhaps sooner than first projected. But after years of swings and roundabouts between the ICAO and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) will this year's discussion finally lead to a tangible difference? Asks Begum Kurkcu

Energy

Second backloading vote announced as EU ministers reiterate support

Energy and environment ministers from nine European member states have outlined their support for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) backloading proposals, as it emerged that a second vote on the proposals would take place next month.