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EU urged to prepare to tackle "carbon leakage"

Tom Young

28 October 2008 • 2 min read

European firms could leave the region as a result of emissions trading scheme, warns International Energy Agency

The EU must develop a comprehensive set of policies in readiness to tackle carbon leakage, the loss of business to companies in regions unconstrained by emissions trading schemes or carbon taxes, according...

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