Solving the coal puzzle

by Dave Jones | December 18, 2019 | Coal, Europe | 0 Comments

Lessons from four years of coal phase-out policy in Europe

Playing With Fire

by Charles Moore | December 15, 2019 | Coal, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

An assessment of company plans to burn biomass in EU coal power stations

The A-B-C of BCAs

by Wilf Lytton | December 3, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

An overview of the issues around introducing Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU

Coal mine methane leaks are worse for climate change than all shipping and aviation

by Dave Jones | November 13, 2019 | Coal | 0 Comments

New IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal mine methane leaks add up to a third to emissions from coal

Coal Free Kingdom

by Phil MacDonald | November 13, 2019 | Coal, UK | 0 Comments

UK election manifestos should commit to take the UK fully coal-free, including in industry, finance, and domestic heating – ready for next year’s COP26 in Glasgow

The cash cow has stopped giving: Are Germany’s lignite plants now worthless?

by Dave Jones | July 31, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Coal, ETS | 0 Comments

Our new research finds German lignite gross profits collapsed 54% so far in 2019. With lignite now loss-making, the case for Gov. compensation has collapsed

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The London branch focuses on accelerating the global coal phase-out, whilst the Brussels branch covers EU industrial policy and the EU ETS.

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UK carbon pricing after Brexit

Carbon Pricing, ETS, UK

How to optimise the ETS funds?

Carbon Pricing, ETS

NEW DATA: 2018 ETS emissions fall

Carbon Pricing, Coal, ETS, Industrial

Halfway There

Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, Coal, ESR, ETS

The European Power Sector in 2018

Coal, ETS

The Last Gasp – The coal companies making Europe sick

Coal, Data and Tools

Results: Barriers to Decarbonisation Call for Evidence

Carbon Pricing, ETS, Industrial

EU emissions rise for first time in 7 years

Carbon Pricing, Coal, Data and Tools, ETS

Capacity payments: the final ingredient to supercharge coal

Climate Governance, Coal, ETS

The European Power Sector in 2017

Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, Coal, ETS, UK

Carbon Leakage Consultation – Our response

Carbon Pricing, ETS

ETS to ESR: Too much flexibility

Carbon Pricing, ESR, ETS

The ESR flexibility repair kit

ESR

Something Nasty in the Woodshed

Coal

The ESR Safety Reserve: Too Safe to Succeed

ESR

Aligning Europe’s Policies for Carbon, Efficiency, and Renewables

Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, ESR, ETS

Why is a carbon-intensity threshold needed for Capacity Payments?

Coal, ETS

What is the European Project-based Mechanism?

ESR

Brexit & the EU ETS: Greater as the sum or in parts?

Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, ETS, UK

The Czech ETS fat cats. České tlusté kočky.

Carbon Pricing, ETS

Stay the course: UK manifesto recommendations

Climate Governance, UK

NEW DATA: European coal emissions plummet by 11% in 2016

Carbon Pricing, Coal, ETS, UK

Any Port in a Storm – Recommendations for the ETS reform in trialogues

Carbon Pricing, ETS

Replacing coal with an electricity storage industry – NIC response

Coal, UK

Starting a hydrogen economy on the east coast – NIC response

CCS, Industrial, UK

Building UK industrial CCS infrastructure – NIC response

CCS, UK

How to resuscitate a carbon market

ETS, Industrial

Assessing the ENVI proposal on ETS reform

ETS

The Three Billion Tonne Problem

ETS

The Cement Industry of the Future

CCS, ETS, Industrial

The Energy Transition in the Power Sector in Europe 2016

Carbon Pricing, Coal, ETS

The missing link in the Effort Sharing Regulation

ESR

Caution! Free allocation on the rise

Carbon Pricing, ETS

Comparing options for ETS reform

Carbon Pricing, ETS

Why does the Carbon Price Support matter?

Coal, UK

Cement Exposed: New data from EU cement sector shows no fall in CO2 emissions

ETS

Lifting Europe’s Dark Cloud: How cutting coal saves lives

Coal

A Chance for Responsible Development: Financing the new Polish economic roadmap to 2030

ESR, ETS

Last Chance Saloon for the EU ETS

ETS

Consultation response – The Effort Sharing Regulation

ESR

Germany and the EU ETS: Industrial leaders champion a strong EU climate law

ETS

Bend it, Don’t break it: Introducing new flexibilities into the EU Effort Sharing Decision

ESR, ETS

Europe’s dark cloud: How coal-burning countries make their neighbours sick

Coal

Commercialising CCS: Investor Perspectives

CCS

Stabilising the Market Stability Reserve

ETS

Response to the EC consultation on global aviation

ETS

2015 ETS Emissions Analysis (1st April preliminary data)

ETS

Amendment to the 2016 Energy Bill: Carbon Accounting Reform

Climate Governance

Options for Reforming the EU ETS

ETS

Cement – The Final Carbon Fatcat

ETS, Industrial

Improving the 5th UK carbon budget

Climate Governance, ETS, UK

2015 European Power Sector Review

Coal, ETS

Carbon budget reforms in the Energy Bill

Climate Governance, ETS, UK

The Energy Bill & the coal phase-out: MP briefing

Coal

The case for a net zero Climate Change Act target

Climate Governance, UK

Amendments to the Market Stability Reserve proposal

ETS

Consultation Response: A proposed amendment to the CFD Regulations

CCS

The EU is on track for 30% cuts by 2020

ETS

A new Energy Market Design for Europe

Coal, ETS

The CO2 Economy – Mineral Carbonation Technology Overview

CCS

Feedback to the draft ETS Revision

ETS

Bank of England bill – response

EC Consultation on the Circular Economy

CCS

Harder, better, faster, stronger: The easy route to increased EU climate ambition

ETS

The Emissions Trading System in context

Carbon Pricing, ETS

Financing Deep Decarbonisation in Industry

CCS

Consultation response – The ESD & the 2030 package

ESR

Call for Evidence on the 5th carbon budget

ESR, ETS, UK

Update: 2014 EU ETS Emissions analysis

ETS

Decoding the deal – Explaining the Council agreement on the Market Stability Reserve

ETS

Lithuania and the ETS: Arguments for an enhanced MSR

ETS

The Czech Republic in the EU ETS

ETS

2014 EU ETS Emissions analysis

ETS

The German “Climate Contribution” vs the UK’s “Carbon Price Floor”

ETS, UK

Response to the Consultation on revision of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) Directive

ETS

The Eternal Surplus of the Spineless Market

ETS

Voting recommendations for the MSR proposal in ENVI

ETS

NGO joint recommendations on the ITRE Market Stability Reserve proposal

ETS

The UK Capacity Market – Auction results

Coal, UK

Request for Internal Review of Commission Carbon Leakage Decision

ETS

Amendments to the MSR proposal – alternative

ETS

Response to the DECC Consultation on Implementing the EPS

ETS, UK

Is Europe’s new climate target a walk in the park?

ETS

Consultation Response on Next steps in CCS – Developing an approach for the next phase of Carbon Capture & Storage projects in the UK

CCS, UK

Slaying the Dragon: Vanquish the surplus and rescue the ETS

ETS

Emergency Briefing objecting to the 2015-19 carbon leakage list

ETS

Do current EU energy and climate policies tackle coal?

Coal

The Emission Trading Scheme post-2020 carbon leakage provisions

ETS

Consultation Response: Carbon Capture and Storage in the EU

CCS

Europe’s failure to tackle coal: Risks for the EU low-carbon transition

Coal

Policy Briefing on the Market Stability Reserve

ETS

An introduction to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

ETS

Sharing the Load: Poland’s coming of age on climate policy

ETS

A 2030 Decarbonisation Obligation or Emissions Performance Standard: Breaking the deadlock on EU climate and energy targets

ETS

Aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme: What happened in 2012 under Stop the Clock

ETS

Europe’s 2020 confidence trick: Room to grow emissions under the current climate targets

ESR, ETS

Benefitting from Carbon Markets? German Participation in CDM and JI during the first Kyoto Commitment Period

ETS

Amendments to UK greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme and national emissions inventory regulations – Consultation Response

ETS, UK

Reviewing the 4th carbon budget – Evidence submitted to the Climate Change Committee

ETS

Review of the Balance of Environment and Climate Change Competences between the UK and the European Union – Evidence submitted to DEFRA

ETS, UK

Progress on carbon budgets – evidence submitted to the UK Environmental Audit Committee

ETS, UK

Drifting Toward Disaster: The EU ETS adrift in Europe’s climate efforts

ETS

The Sovereign Emissions Rights Framework

ETS

The UK Carbon Floor Price (2013)

EC Consultation response on Structural Options to Reform the EU ETS

ETS

Carbon Fatcat Companies in Greece

ETS

Klimagoldesel 2013 – Carbon Fatcat Companies in Germany

ETS

EU ETS at a crossroads: recalibrating an oversupplied market to spur investments and innovation

ETS

BIS consultuation submission on compensating Energy Intensive Users

ETS

Event Note: Help or Hindrance? Offsetting in the EU ETS

ETS

Help or Hindrance? Offsetting in the EU ETS

ETS

Response to the public consultation on the EU ETS backloading proposal

ETS

Losing the lead? Europe’s flagging carbon market

ETS

Aviation emissions and the EU ETS

ETS

The ETS and the Energy Efficiency Directive

ETS

Der Klimagoldesel: Wer sind die Gewinner des EU Emissionshandels?

ETS

Submission to the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee Inquiry into the EU ETS

ETS

Buckle Up! Tighten the cap and avoid the carbon crash

ETS

Industrial Gas Big Spenders: HFC and N20 adipic credit usage in 2010

ETS

Fresh concerns over the transparency of the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS)

ETS

Carbo diem: Seizing Italy’s opportunities in the EU ETS

ETS

E R Who?: Joint Implementation and the EU Emissions Trading System

ETS

Cap or trap – How the EU ETS risks locking-in carbon emissions

ETS

Carbon Fat Cats 2009 – Company Analysis of the EU ETS

ETS

International Offsets and the EU 2009

ETS

A closer look at voluntary carbon action

ETS

Rescuing the EU ETS from redundancy

ETS

Carbon Fat Cats – Company Analysis of the EU ETS

ETS

International offsets and the EU

ETS

10 Reasons to engage with emissions trading

ETS

EU ETS S.O.S: Why the flagship emissions trading policy needs rescuing

ETS

Submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry into Carbon Markets

ETS

Proposal to introduce tax incentives for voluntary cancellation of permits

ETS

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