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Britain to stay in EU Emissions Trading Scheme until at least 2020

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 23 March 2018 •
Britain to stay in EU Emissions Trading Scheme until at least 2020

Energy minister Claire Perry confirms UK will remain in the EU's carbon market until the end of the decade despite 2019 Brexit date

The UK will remain a member of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) until at least 2020, despite being scheduled to formally leave the EU in March 2019. Energy and Climate Change Minister Claire Perry...

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