Solving the coal puzzle

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

Playing With Fire

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

The A-B-C of BCAs

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

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

Coal Free Kingdom

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?

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

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

This report follows on from Sandbag’s ‘International Offsets and the EU 2009’ report released in July 2010. That report focused specifically on the use of CDM credits generated in uncapped countries, which make up the overwhelming majority of offsets used for compliance in the EU ETS to date. Nevertheless it was noticed that in 2009 there was a sharp increase in the number of JI credits from capped countries being surrendered for compliance. With much of the focus on the CDM it is easy to overlook the use of JI.

Press clippings:
15th Oct: CarbonMarketEurope
15th Oct: Ends Report
14th Oct: Point Carbon
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October 3, 2010