UK ETS launches with UKA Futures opening at £50
The UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has opened for trading for the first time, with the carbon price coming in at £50.23.
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'Ambitious' UK ETS auctions to launch in May
The first auction of the UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is to open in May 2021, with the auction calendar now published.
Government must commit to low carbon stimulus to ‘deliver lasting and positive change’
Durable economic recovery must align with climate and clean growth ambitions as the country moves beyond COVID-19, according to a new report by the Aldersgate Group.
European Commission announces €1bn for cleantech projects
The European Commission has put out a call for innovative clean technology projects in the first phase of its €10 billion investment programme.
UK government ‘open to considering’ link with EU ETS as it details emissions trading post-Brexit
The government has set out the design of the new UK Emissions Trading System (ETS), set to replace the EU Emissions Trading System.
SSE, Drax and Orsted call for ‘robust approach’ on carbon pricing
Energy companies Orsted, SSE and Drax, along with non-profit climate change think-tank Sandbag, have together written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, urging him to “maintain the UK’s robust approach on carbon pricing".
BEIS sets out its stall for post-Brexit carbon pricing
The government has made the first steps towards designing and implementing its own emissions trading scheme (ETS), paving the way for carbon pricing aligned to that of the European Union to continue post-Brexit.