Carbon Trading

Eight MEPs from ALDE group in European Parliament also call for urgent structural reform to the Emissions Trading System

HSBC and Climate Bonds Initiative identify $163bn of investment-grade bonds available to international investors across range of sectors

European Commission believes compromise could be possible if money from backloading is used to help energy intensive industries go green

Greenpeace calls for major strengthening of 2030 emissions target, as European Commission seeks to shrink list of companies receiving free permits

Rimba Raya project should save 119 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over 30 years

Experts expect EU Allowances to remain below €10 a tonne, far lower than UK's £16 per tonne carbon floor price

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

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

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

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