Feb 21, 2017 | Carbon Pricing, ETS, Publications
(Image used under Creative Commons License. Credit: Alexos_Fotos) Last week the European Parliament voted against carbon border tariffs for cement, while supporting increased free allocation of emission allowances. Soon-to-be-published analysis of free allocation...
Feb 15, 2017 | Carbon Pricing, ETS, Publications
15th Feb, Strasbourg – Today the European Parliament voted to stop the EU Emissions Trading System from providing adequate signals for the transition to a prosperous low-carbon economy. In doing so, Europe’s emission reductions in 2030 are very likely to be out...
Jan 31, 2017 | CBAM, Construction, Industry, Publications
31st January, Brussels – As the EU debates whether to raise border tariffs on cement, new research by environmental think-tank Sandbag shows the proposed tariffs can create better incentives to cut cement emissions and reward companies that produce low-carbon...
Jan 30, 2017 | Climate Governance
New Climate Action Regulation translates the Paris Agreement into EU domestic policy and creates mechanism for Member States to collectively achieve 2050 target cost-effectively ENVI draft proposal introduces Climate Action Regulation, replacing the Effort Sharing...
Dec 15, 2016 | Carbon Pricing, CBAM, Construction, ETS, Industry, Publications
MEPs vote on reforms to tackle cement sector’s windfall profits from the ETS A vote in the European Parliament this morning could put an end to the cement sector’s windfall profits from the EU carbon market. MEPs in the European Parliament Environment Committee...
Dec 15, 2016 | Carbon Pricing, Construction, ETS, Industry, Publications
MEPs vote on reforms to tackle cement sector’s windfall profits from the ETS MEPs in the European Parliament Environment Committee (ENVI), voting on amendments to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), have proposed to stop giving free allowances to several industrial...
Dec 15, 2016 | Carbon Pricing, ETS, Publications
Today’s ENVI committee vote on the EU ETS reached a last minute compromise on changes for the Phase IV of the system. The vote failed to create a well functioning market, instead binding the EU ETS to an unrealistic path inconsistent with both effective carbon pricing...
Nov 29, 2016 | Carbon Pricing, ETS, Publications
Sandbag has proposed rebasing the starting level of the cap under Phase 4 of Europe’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to reflect actual emissions in 2020.This is the most appropriate reform option for addressing the immediate imbalance between supply and demand in...
Nov 27, 2016 | CCS, Climate Governance, Publications
30th NOVEMBER UPDATE The Commission published its proposals for the Renewable Energy Directive today as part of the EU’s Winter Package. You can read them here. Disappointingly, a loophole that allows non-renewable CCU-fuels to contribute to the EU renewables...
Nov 4, 2016 | CCS, Publications
Brexit may mean Brexit, but Paris means negative emissions. Today, as the global agreement enters into force, governments and civil society must act in concert to deploy carbon negative technology. If governments worldwide are serious in their Paris Agreement plans...
