Press releases
8th Sep 2015
Sandbag has released a new app which tracks UK grid carbon intensity, and makes a 24 hour forecast for CO2 intensity the next day. The app also includes the latest EU carbon price on the Emissions Trading Scheme, and the global atmospheric concentration of CO2. Read the blog here.
15th Jul 2015
Sandbag has prepared the following statement in reaction to the Commission’s revision of the EU ETS Directive published earlier today.
13th Jul 2015
On Wednesday, the EU Commission will release new legislation to reform Europe’s key climate policy, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This will kick off a year-long debate about how best to marry low carbon ambitions with economic competitiveness.
In today’s new briefing, Sandbag explains how the current rules are not sufficiently encouraging major industrial emitters to invest in decarbonisation, and shares its recommendations for reform. Sandbag also launches a new interactive data tool illustrating how many spare free emissions rights industry has built up over time, and forecasting future supply balances.
8th Jul 2015
Sandbag has prepared the following statement in reaction to the Parliament’s vote on the Market Stability Reserve today.
2nd Jul 2015
Last night, the German government announced their new plan to deal with reducing CO2 emissions from lignite. Their plan is… to pay lignite power stations. The burden of responsibility has been turned on its head: the previous “climate levy” proposal was clearly “polluter pays”, but now it is “polluter is paid”.
25th Jun 2015
Neither, argues a new report from Sandbag published today, but we do need a better policy framework.
Webinar discussing the report at 11am BST. Ask questions with the hashtag #ETSinContext
5th May 2015
Sandbag's reaction to landmark deal to reform the EU ETS struck at Trialogue in Brussels on evening of May 5th 2015
4th May 2015
Reaction to new data on the scale of the surpluses in the EU ETS.
The data published on 18:30 CEST May 4th shows that the surplus remains 2.1 billion in 2014 despite an emrgency intervention to remove 400 million allowances.
27th Apr 2015
Šiuo metu ES šalių vyriausybės derasi kaip sureguliuoti apyvartinių taršos leidimų (ATL) perteklių rinkoje, tuo tarpu Lietuvos vyriausybė prisijungė prie sprendimus blokuojančios ir esmines reformas stabdančios šalių mažumos, kuriai vadovauja Lenkija. Ši šalių grupė siekia atidėti skubiai reikalingas reformas iki 2021 m. ir leisti, kad rinką užplūstų šimtai milijonų papildomų taršos leidimų. Naujausia studija, kurią parengė klimato kaitos ekspertų grupės „Sandbag“, rodo, kad dėl tokios Lietuvos vyriausybės pozicijos gali būti sužlugdytas visas reformos pasiūlymų paketas, o šalies biudžetas gali netekti nemažai pajamų.
23rd Apr 2015
V debatě o záchraně kolabujícího evropského trhu s emisními povolenkami se česká vláda připojila k malému bloku zemí včele s Polskem, který se snaží odložit reformy až na rok 2021 a umožnit, aby stovky milionů nových povolenek zaplavily trh. Nová studie think-tanku Sandbag1, který se zaměřuje na klimatickou politiku, upozorňuje, jak české návrhy ohrožují reformní balíček a mohly by také vést k významnému snížení příjmů státního rozpočtu ČR.