German climate boss calls for citizen relief as domestic carbon pricing raises โ‚ฌ13 billion

The German scheme is a precursor to an EU-wide carbon price on heating and transport, which will kick in from 2027.
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Italyโ€™s largest lobby group to push for EU policy U-turn on CO2 emission trading system

Experts warn that recent and hefty investments risk becoming almost worthless because stringent ETS rules will swallow all the profits.

Carbon pricing: Economists question lump-sum payouts to households

While many economists have long advocated introducing a ‘climate dividend’ to avoid social tensions caused by carbon pricing, a group around Nobel-prize winner Joseph Stiglitz questioned this approach in a paper released on Monday (17 June) in Nature C…

European Commission lets low-carbon cements down with proposed ETS benchmark reforms [Promoted content]

The EUโ€™s Emission Trading System (ETS) is a cornerstone of EU climate policy, working to cut greenhouse gas emissions by making the biggest polluters pay. While the recent revision of the ETS directive tries to make the tool more effective, progress ri…