carbon pricing

ETS 2: Are carbon markets about to get serious?

Carbon Trading

ETS 2: Are carbon markets about to get serious?

EU agrees sweeping reform package for its emissions trading scheme fuelling hopes it could help accelerate decarbonisation efforts globally

clock 19 December 2022 • 7 min read
We must double down on carbon pricing to keep net zero alive

Taxation

We must double down on carbon pricing to keep net zero alive

Higher carbon prices are good news for green investment as well as the climate, writes Climate Focus' Darragh Conway

clock 09 June 2022 • 4 min read
Government extends carbon pricing relief for energy-intensive firms

Policy

Government extends carbon pricing relief for energy-intensive firms

BEIS confirms it will continue to help emissions-intensive companies cope with electricity bills amid gas price crisis, arguing that 'carbon leakage' still poses a risk to UK economy

clock 29 April 2022 • 4 min read
COP26: Crunch talks over Paris Agreement carbon market rules begin in earnest

Carbon Trading

COP26: Crunch talks over Paris Agreement carbon market rules begin in earnest

Nations agree Article 6 negotiating text, fuelling hopes diplomats can hammer out long-sought after deal to finalise Paris Agreement rulebook

clock 02 November 2021 • 5 min read
'Critical': $6.6tr investor alliance calls for 'massive investment' in CO2 removal solutions

Investment

'Critical': $6.6tr investor alliance calls for 'massive investment' in CO2 removal solutions

Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance also urges policymakers to standardise carbon credits to allow carbon markets to act as a market proxy in the absence of a global carbon price

clock 23 September 2021 • 3 min read

Transport

Government revs up Transport Decarbonisation Plan with proposed diesel truck ban, but will it go far enough?

Details of Transport Decarbonisation Plan revealed to Financial Times, as separate report suggest ministers are continuing to lock horns over the best way to introduce new carbon pricing mechanisms

clock 13 July 2021 • 8 min read

Taxation

G20 finance ministers back carbon pricing as key tool to tackle climate crisis, but climate funding moves prove elusive

At G20 meeting in Venice, finance ministers conclude that climate pricing is among raft of tools that can be deployed to tackle climate change

clock 12 July 2021 • 6 min read

Policy

Shifting the burden

Adam Bell warns the government faces significant challenges if it is to make its mooted carbon tax and rebate policy work for everyone

clock 11 July 2021 • 4 min read

Politics

Green experts welcome government proposals for household carbon dividend

Reports reveal the government is actively considering carbon dividend plans that would help lower income households cope with any increase in energy bills

clock 09 July 2021 • 5 min read

Carbon Trading

Investors managing $6tr of assets call for global carbon price corridor

Current piecemeal approach to carbon pricing threatens progress towards global climate goals, Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance argues

clock 06 July 2021 • 5 min read
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