Carbon Trading articles

Reports: China eyes absolute CO2 cuts for 2016

Shanghai street scene (Photo Shutterstock)

Green campaigners hope move will pave the way for ground-breaking global climate deal in 2015

24 May 2013

Government takes wraps off energy intensive industry compensation package

Pollution

Heavy industry can apply for share of £250m pot designed to offset the impact of carbon pricing schemes from next month

20 May 2013

EU confirms two per cent reduction in ETS emissions

Smoking chimneys

Official figures show surplus of EU allowances doubled last year to almost two billion

16 May 2013

Report: South Korea to launch world's most ambitious carbon trading scheme

Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts price of carbon in South Korean scheme could hit $90 a tonne

14 May 2013

Ed Davey hits out against coalition climate change sceptics

Energy and climate change secretary will use a major speech at Clarence House to promise stronger action on global warming

08 May 2013

Do green businesses really want corporate dinosaurs acting in their name?

BusinessEurope's increasingly blatant lobbying against ambitious action on climate change cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged

08 May 2013

Backloading back from the brink? Second vote expected in early July

MEP reveals that second major vote on plan to reform EU carbon market likely within weeks

07 May 2013

Merkel raises hopes for EU carbon fix

German Chancellor calls for action to be taken in September to tackle low price of carbon

07 May 2013

EU companies submit 500 million UN carbon permits in 2012

Record amount is lower than analysts expect as total surrendered for Phase 2 tops one billion

03 May 2013

Backloading vote was bad for business, bad for London, and bad for UK credibility

Will Straw argues the government has made a grave error in failing to stop Tory MEPs from crippling the EU carbon market

02 May 2013

Did your company inadvertently help wreck the EU emissions trading scheme?

BusinessEurope's claim that 'European business opposes the ETS backloading' has left many executives furious at the lobby group's attempt to underplay divisions over how to save the carbon market

30 Apr 2013

CBI: Europe must "redouble efforts" to save carbon market

Rhian Kelly: "We believe the ETS, despite its detractors, must remain the cornerstone of the EU's climate change policy"

24 Apr 2013

Will the European Parliament throw its emissions trading scheme a lifeline?

Second European Parliament vote likely for June, as head of environment committee aims to bring forward compromise proposals

23 Apr 2013

China and India talk up plans for national climate action

China confirms it is moving forward with carbon market plan as India's prime minister vows to double renewable energy capacity within four years

19 Apr 2013

How a new carbon standard seeks to benefit women worldwide

Newly launched Women's Carbon Standard promises to combine environmental benefits with improvements to women's lives

19 Apr 2013

Europe's climate chief vows to fight on to save emissions trading scheme

Connie Hedegaard's attempts to introduce longer-term reforms will face fierce opposition from a powerful business lobby

18 Apr 2013

EU climate policy urgently needs national champions

European Parliament's vote against carbon market reforms shows strong domestic action is more important than ever, argues WWF's Nick Molho

17 Apr 2013

Where now for the EU ETS?

Investors association warns many MEPs have not only voted for questionable short-term gains, but also for "certain longer-term pain in the form of higher costs for European Industry"

17 Apr 2013

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