Discharging a political storm

Supporting EU competitiveness and innovation in the ETS

On Wednesday 15th July, the EU Commission released new legislation to reform Europe’s key climate policy, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This kicks off a year-long debate about how best to marry low carbon ambitions with economic competitiveness. In this 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.