Emissions Trading Scheme

Politics

'Very concerning': Crunch time for 'green Brexit' as trade deal deadline looms

Reports may have suggested that the UK and EU have reached agreement on incorporating the Paris Agreement into any trade deal, but with just 12 weeks to go until the Brexit transition period ends huge uncertainties and risks remain for the green economy...

clock 09 October 2020 • 11 min read

Policy

'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

clock 16 September 2020 • 5 min read

Carbon Trading

Carbon pricing works: The largest-ever study puts it beyond doubt

clock 16 July 2020 • 4 min read

Carbon Trading

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'

clock 14 July 2020 • 3 min read

Carbon Trading

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

clock 22 June 2020 • 8 min read

Policy

The UK wants the world's first net zero carbon market - but the plans don't yet add up

clock 22 June 2020 • 4 min read

Carbon Trading

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

clock 10 June 2020 • 3 min read

Carbon Trading

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

clock 02 June 2020 • 4 min read

Carbon Trading

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

clock 10 March 2020 • 6 min read

Policy

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

clock 28 February 2020 • 12 min read