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EU ETS 101 A beginner’s guide to the EU’s Emissions Trading System

EU ETS 101 A beginner’s guide to the EU’s Emissions Trading System | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it

The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is often referred to as a cornerstone of EU climate policy. It aims to reduce emissions by pricing greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from the power, industry and aviation sectors. It not only seeks to promote investments in emission reductions by making energy-intensive business as usual expensive, but it also offers a great opportunity for the EU to shift funding from polluting activities to climate action, innovation and energy sector modernisation.

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EU climate chief hints that ETS will be left out of ‘toolbox’ to tackle rising energy prices – EURACTIV.com

EU climate chief hints that ETS will be left out of ‘toolbox’ to tackle rising energy prices – EURACTIV.com | Energy Transition in Europe | www.energy-cities.eu | Scoop.it
“Playing around with the emissions trading scheme” would only have a “very small” impact on the current energy price crunch, EU climate chief Frans Timmermans said on Wednesday (6 October) as he walked into a meeting of EU environment ministers in Luxembourg.

The hike in energy prices is only marginally caused by the rise in CO2 prices on the carbon market, Timmermans said, adding that he did not expect this to derail discussions on the revision of the EU emissions trading scheme that EU environment ministers will have later today.

“We need to be clear about one thing: this is the market, because the demand from us coming out of the COVID crisis is higher than in the last 25 years,” the Dutchman insisted.
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