Carbon markets and the post-2020 Agreement

18 June 2014 - Carbon Trends

EU ETS reforms: on 25th June, the EU Commission will host a panel of experts to discuss technical aspects of the proposal of the Market Stability Reserve.

Market Stability Reserve of the EU ETS: Germany supports the Commission proposal of a market stability reserve and calls for a launch of the mechanism significantly before 2020, i.e. already in 2017.

2030 energy and climate package: on 26th and 27th June, the EU Council will discuss the target of CO2 emissions reduction of 40% by 2030 to take a final decision as soon as possible and later in October 2014.

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