EU ETS
European Parliament passes carbon market reforms
So-called backloading proposals to fix flagging carbon market passed after months of debate
EU carbon market to ‘cancel out’ 700m tonnes of CO2 cuts
Excess credits after 2020 will allow extra emissions to undo GHG savings from other EU policies, warns campaign group Sandbag
Revised EU carbon market fix passes first hurdle
Amended plans that will boost price of emitting CO2 now move to parliament for the second time
China’s first carbon market faces ‘credit oversupply’ dilemma
Analysts warn Shenzhen scheme could face similar oversupply of credits as faltering EU system
Europe must cut emissions 55% by 2030 – Ecofys report
Analysts Ecofys and Sandbag warn EU climate ambitions need urgent shot in arm, calling for new emissions reductions target
Comment: why it’s time for a global price on carbon
Writing for RTCC, former Japanese climate Ambassador Yoshi Nishimura says a global carbon market could curb warming & raise funds for the low carbon transition
Ministers urge long term fix for EU climate policy
UK, German & French environment ministers demand July deadline for carbon market reform and warns inaction now could jeopardise longer term climate goals
EU to vote on carbon market reforms in July
Environment committee confirms new date for critical decision on future of EU’s climate change policy
Poland and France co-operating on 2015 climate deal
Next UN climate talks host already working with 2015 President France. Reassures issues within the EU will not affect its influence on the talks
EU carbon market on brink of “worst case scenario” – report
Research from capaign group Sandbag reveals rush to exploit loophole floods EU ETS with excess credits as surplus approaches 1.7bn
EU carbon market reform unlikely – report
Thomson Reuters Point Carbon revises its carbon price estimates and assumes that there will be no short term fix for Europe’s struggling cap and trade system
Progress on strict car emission limits offer EU good news
Draft law putting a 95g per km limit on new cars by 2020 approved by committee
Future of EU emissions trading scheme hangs in balance
Second rejection of reforms in June could finish emissions trading scheme off warns EU presidency and Climate Commissioner Hedegaard
MEPs in Twitter spat over EU carbon tax reforms
Figureheads of both sides of the debate resort to name calling after proposals were voted down on Tuesday
Hedegaard, WWF, PwC react to EU carbon market vote
Ministers and campaigners react to the news that the EU’s flagship climate change policy will not be urgently reformed, leading some to write it off as “irrelevant”
European Parliament rejects carbon market reforms
MEPs in Strasbourg have vote against proposals to restrict supply of carbon credits in EU’s emissions trading scheme
Why does the EU carbon market vote matter?
MEPs will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to go ahead with plans that supporters say will save the bloc’s emissions trading scheme
EU climate ambition at stake in ETS vote warn ministers
UK, France, Italy and Germany lead calls to reform emissions trading system or face distortion of the single market
Debate on effectiveness of EU carbon trading reopens
Emissions fell 1.4% despite the current ineffective state of the Emissions Trading Scheme and increase in coal use
Poland loses EU carbon market legal challenge
Country had claimed the allocation of emission allowances unfairly penalised its coal-heavy economy