EU ETS

Car bans, carbon markets, and greener buildings: EU states find common ground on key climate issues

Policy

Car bans, carbon markets, and greener buildings: EU states find common ground on key climate issues

A 2035 ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe now looks inevitable, after long talks led to EU Council agreement on a host of crucial green policies

clock 29 June 2022 • 8 min read
We must double down on carbon pricing to keep net zero alive

Taxation

We must double down on carbon pricing to keep net zero alive

Higher carbon prices are good news for green investment as well as the climate, writes Climate Focus' Darragh Conway

clock 09 June 2022 • 4 min read

Carbon Trading

IETA: Industry expects carbon prices to rise on back of pandemic recovery

Annual survey of International Emissions Trading Association highlights growing optimism for carbon markets worldwide in 2020s

clock 14 June 2021 • 5 min read

Carbon Trading

UK carbon price tops £50 as domestic Emissions Trading Scheme debuts

Trading of carbon allowances on UK's post-Brexit carbon market begin today with prices initially above those on the EU's ETS

clock 19 May 2021 • 7 min read

Carbon Trading

EU carbon price breaches record €50 per tonne mark

Cost of pollution on Europe's emissions trading scheme continues to surge with analysts bullish of further rapid rise this year

clock 04 May 2021 • 3 min read

Carbon Trading

UK carbon emissions trading scheme to launch in May

Government confirms auction calendar for the UK's post-Brexit carbon trading market following its exit from the EU's ETS

clock 01 March 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Brexit blow for London as EU carbon market base moves to Amsterdam

London's claim as a global green finance hub suffers Brexit blow as ICE shifts contract auctions for EU emissions trading system to Amsterdam

clock 09 February 2021 • 2 min read

Carbon Trading

Successful UK carbon pricing reform needs new carbon taxes and a new net zero-aligned carbon market

Dr Ben Caldecott argues the row currently raging between Treasury and BEIS over whether to introduce a new carbon tax or UK emissions trading scheme presents a false choice

clock 13 October 2020 • 7 min read

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