(Bloomberg) The European Union’s carbon market, the world’s biggest, is set to expand and impose tougher limits on emitters as the region aligns its entire…
It plans to phase maritime transport into the EU Emissions Trading System from 2023 and improve a mechanism to control the supply of carbon permits.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Carbon prices on the EU emissions trading scheme are currently rising too fast, making the market extremely volatile, but it seems the European Commission has no effective stabilising tool to tackle this, writes Robert Jeszke and Sebastian Lizak.
The CO2 price is becoming increasingly important for the electricity market. Therefore, we take a closer look at the CO2 market and the discussed changes in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). In this first article, we look at the current deve
<p><span>Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) have been broadly discussed as a potential instrument to support energy-intensive industries in developing and deploying low-carbon technologies. In its New Industrial Strategy, the Commission recently stated its interest in a European approach for CCfDs in the context of the upcoming revision of the EU ETS Directive.</span><a href="https://www.europex.org/position-papers/carbon-contracts-for-difference/# ftn1">[1]</a><span> Against this background, Europex would like to draw attention to the potential unintended distortive effects that such a mechanism may cause to the European emissions market and advise that a thorough impact assessment is needed before determining whether or not to introduce CCfDs into the EU ETS.</span></p>