Emissions Trading Scheme

Leaders claim they will stick to carbon targets, but Italy and Eastern Europe insist more should be done to protect polluting industries

Study predicts new carbon markets in US, Japan and Australia will see global price of carbon increase 53 per cent by 2020

MEPs vote in favour of tougher carbon emission rules, but opposition to wide-reaching programme in some member states is strengthening

Price of EUAs clears €25 per tonne on back of remarkable rally in oil

Experts predict price of EUA credits to rise to €37, as carbon offers safe haven to nervous traders

As price of carbon slips in wake of Wall Street crisis, experts insist carbon credits could prove safe long-term bet for nervous investors

Ongoing row between EU and UK over ring-fencing of revenue raised through ETS is set to intensify

Climate and energy package is setting a global example on environmental policy, says IEA

Project approval bottlenecks mean fewer UN-approved carbon credits than expected will be available in the run-up to 2012

Think tank claims 25 per cent cut in emissions would be possible with modest investment