Emissions Trading Scheme
'Ambitious, achievable and beneficial': EU Commission pushes for more stretching 2030 climate target
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen touts 55 per cent emissions reduction goal for 2030 and expanded the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in inaugural State of the Union address
EU carbon prices surge to 14-year high
CO2 price in EU emissions trading scheme breaches €30 per tonne-mark amid political push for 'green recovery'
How best to solve a problem like carbon pricing?
A new OECD report weights up the pros and cons of a host of carbon pricing options, from cap and trade systems to flat fuel taxes
Reports: EU pushes back on UK emissions trading scheme plan
Reuters reports that proposals to link EU and UK ETS unlikely to gain Brussels approval without fresh safeguards
Government debuts plan for world's first net zero-aligned Emissions Trading Scheme
Response to consultation confirms government plans to press ahead with development of post-Brexit UK carbon trading scheme
Can a national carbon price be made fair and effective?
Conventional fiscal thinking needs to be turned on its head to implement a fairer, more effective approach to net zero, according to the authors of a new report
Britain's Brexit negotiating plan: All the key green takeaways
With trade deal talks kicking-off on Monday BusinessGreen pulls together the UK's stance on a range of crucial climate and energy issues
'Prolonged uncertainty': Drax, Orsted and SSE call for post-Brexit carbon price clarity
Move echoes calls from green groups for 'robust carbon pricing' measures, as pressure grows for next government to bring forward UK coal power phase out date to 2022
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Ben Caldecott of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme argues Brexit provides an opportunity to build 'the world's first ever net zero aligned emissions trading scheme'
'Firmly committed to carbon pricing': Government consults on post-Brexit emissions trading plans
Wide-ranging new consultation sets out series of proposals for carbon pricing mechanisms once the UK leaves the EU
British Steel seeking £100m government loan to pay EU carbon emissions bill
Firm hit by EU's decision to suspend UK companies from accessing CO2 credits under emissions trading system until Brexit deal is ratified
Analysts hail €20 EU carbon price as 'tipping point' for wind and solar competitiveness
Sandbag research suggests new onshore wind and solar projects can now compete with short term costs of generating power from existing coal and gas plants
Carbon markets back from the brink of collapse, says World Bank
Development of major new markets in China and reforms in Europe have provided a crucial boost as countries look at tools to cut carbon and meet their Paris climate targets
Carbon Tracker: Businesses could face continued EU carbon price surge
Major new study details how carbon prices across the bloc could double by 2021 if the EU moves to make emissions trading scheme compatible with the Paris Agreement
Report: Carbon pricing now covers up to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions
French think tank I4CE publishes Global Carbon Account 2018, confirming that adoption of carbon pricing policies is accelerating
Beware the unconscious recoupling: It's time to double down on decarbonisation efforts
Recent emissions data reveals a worrying global trend re-tying emissions to economic growth
Could Europe's €10 carbon price rise yet higher still?
Analysts cite recently-agreed reforms to EU Emissions Trading Scheme as a major driver behind recent carbon price surge, but can the cost of polluting keep rising?
'Monumental': China launches national emissions trading system
Carbon market will initially cover China's energy sector before expanding over the coming years, but it is still not yet know when trading will actually begin
Is carbon pricing more important than renewables subsidies?
With renewables costs coming down, carbon pricing represents most cost-effective means of decarbonising EU power sector, according to LSE researchers
Making carbon count: how pricing in externalities could drive the circular economy
David Newman of the World Biogas Association argues the global march of carbon pricing schemes will have big implications for the waste industry and beyond
'Climate change policy in name only': EU lawmakers reach agreement on post-2020 ETS reform
Revision to Emissions Trading System will put EU on track to meeting "significant part" of 2030 climate targets, but campaign groups warn reform package is too weak
EU on track for 2020 emissions target, but concerns over 2030 continue to mount
European Environment Agency data shows much more work is needed to meet longer-term emissions reduction goals
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