Emissions Trading Scheme

Price of EU carbon allowances bounces back to more than €13 in trading today, after report confirms carbon price fell 21 per cent in 2009

It was not the ambitious and binding agreement business leaders had been hoping for, but nor was it the disaster NGOs claim

Poll of leading energy firms finds that EU emissions trading scheme is driving investment in low-carbon technologies

Europol estimates carbon credit VAT fraud carried out by organised criminals could have cost EU billions in lost tax revenue

Short-haul operators and inefficient airlines likely to see profits hit by inclusion in EU emissions trading scheme

Danish government joins UK, France and Netherlands in imposing new rules to tackle "carousel fraud"

Energy firms predict further increases in carbon price are imminent if phase three allowances are not auctioned earlier

Draft proposals could see about 600 carbon-intensive firms included in carbon trading scheme from 2012

Opponents say taxpayers will pay for burden of concessions offered to polluters

MPs told over $5bn of tourism dollars are at risk if reef is allowed to die