Emissions Trading Scheme

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

Investment in carbon asset fund growing as firms look for most cost-effective way to buy carbon credits

Emissions trading is widely touted as one of the best mechanisms for tackling climate change, but how do these schemes work and how will your business be affected? Tom Young investigates three of the emissions trading schemes having an impact on UK firms...

Defra looking for "Primary Participants" to manage bids for carbon credits

Report claims credits are badly undervalued

European Parliament proposal to ensure cash from auctioning carbon credits to airlines goes to fund green projects looks set to be rejected by the UK

UK's largest polluter insists it is making "good progress" in attempts to cut emissions

Reports claim government considering raising an extra £500m a year through carbon credit auctions as it attempts to fund fuel poverty measures