EU carbon market compromise pleases no-one
NEWS: Environmentalists criticise freebies to polluters, while business lobby claims carbon costs will drive manufacturing overseas
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Battle over carbon freebies ahead of EU policy launch
NEWS: As heavy industries lobby for carbon price relief, experts warn against weakening flagship EU climate policy
Why are big EU polluters moaning about carbon leakage?
ANALYSIS: Industries like cement and steel threaten to move jobs overseas if the price of emissions rises, in a challenge to climate goals
Carbon pricing winning favour with tiger economies
NEWS: As China readies nationwide carbon trading market, the likes of South Africa and Kazakhstan are developing carbon pricing
Can carbon pricing be a climate saviour?
ANALYSIS: Businesses and top officials in Barcelona for the Carbon Expo support moves to make polluters pay, but don’t expect miracles
EU-Swiss carbon market link raises fears of diluted climate ambition
NEWS: Carbon Market Watch calls for safeguards as emissions trading pact sets precedent for China and South Korea tie-ins
EU to take carbon market decision the size of Cambodia
NEWS: The difference between two options on reforms to key climate policy is 153 million tonnes CO2, say analysts
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
Broken EU carbon market has limited climate impact – report
Report finds EU carbon trading has reduced emissions of those taking part by 2-4%, but planned reforms must go ahead to ensure future reductions
EU carbon market survives crucial Parliament vote
Vote in favour of reform at Environment Committee safeguards cornerstone of EU climate change policy but further challenges remain
BASIC countries threaten to block aviation emissions deal
Brazil, South Africa, India and China indicate they will insist on global deal to reduce aviation emissions being purely voluntary
German inaction could sink European carbon market
Potential abstention in crucial vote means Poland would need handful of allies to block rescue plan for emissions trading platform
US carbon market a model for struggling EU ETS
RGGI market on US east coast will cut available allowances by 45% while EU struggles to force through critical amendments
Report: Flying beats the bus for environment
Travelling by coach is worse for the environment than flying, according to a new study by the University of East Anglia.
Airlines reject carbon trading ‘windfall profit’ claims
CE Delft report accuses industry of passing costs of climate change policies on to customers above and beyond those incurred by airlines
EU carbon market faces bleak future after vote defeat
Price of carbon at record low after plans to prop up market are vetoed by key EU Parliament committee