UK ETS

'Net zero consistent': UK carbon allowances to be slashed by 12.4 per cent next year

Carbon Trading

'Net zero consistent': UK carbon allowances to be slashed by 12.4 per cent next year

Supply of allowances auctioned to high-carbon industries set to fall from 79 million in 2023 to 24 million by 2030 under plans unveiled this morning

clock 06 October 2023 • 6 min read
Government warned that faltering UK carbon pricing will put firms on hook for EU levies

Policy

Government warned that faltering UK carbon pricing will put firms on hook for EU levies

Warnings from analysts and industry come as European Union launches transitional phase for new carbon border tax regime

clock 02 October 2023 • 5 min read
After EU: What the UK can learn from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Carbon Trading

After EU: What the UK can learn from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

The UK in a unique position to learn from the successes and failures of the EU's carbon market, taking what works and tweaking what doesn't, writes EcoAct's Chimdi Obienu

clock 05 September 2023 • 5 min read
UK tightens carbon budgets for Emissions Trading Scheme from 2024

Carbon Trading

UK tightens carbon budgets for Emissions Trading Scheme from 2024

Carbon trading scheme set to be expanded to domestic maritime transport and waste sectors in second half of 2020s, government confirms

clock 03 July 2023 • 3 min read
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Government confirms 2023 criteria for sustainable aviation fuels

Aviation

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Government confirms 2023 criteria for sustainable aviation fuels

Latest update on plans for UK ETS establishes guidelines for incorporating emissions savings from green aviation fuels

clock 01 September 2022 • 3 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
Government extends carbon pricing relief for energy-intensive firms

Policy

Government extends carbon pricing relief for energy-intensive firms

BEIS confirms it will continue to help emissions-intensive companies cope with electricity bills amid gas price crisis, arguing that 'carbon leakage' still poses a risk to UK economy

clock 29 April 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

CCS

Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy: The six key takeaways from the government's latest green policy blitz

The government has set out a raft of new ambitions in its 117-page Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, but how will the new proposals impact the green economy?

clock 18 March 2021 • 12 min read