Fierce battle looms over cars and heat in EU emissions trading
Road transport and buildings have been spared from EU ETS obligations until now, but an upcoming revision may change that, and climate campaigners are concerned.
Fossil fuels
How Europe’s carbon price is struggling to decarbonise industry
The burden of emissions reductions imposed by the EU carbon market has fallen mostly on the power sector, but, as emissions targets deepen, this will have to change. Are Europe’s industrial emitters ready?
UK government falters in delivering green recovery
The UK has made strong commitments to build back better from Covid-19, but recent hiccups raise questions over whether it can deliver on its pledges.
Why airports could become stranded assets
Hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested in expanding airports worldwide. Yet, there are serious doubts over the economic feasibility of these projects as the world transitions to clean energy.
Why Trump failed to derail the US energy transition
Joe Biden is inheriting an energy landscape that has continued to decarbonise thanks to the actions of companies and individual states.
Mark Campanale: How the carbon Cassandra converted the sceptics
The Carbon Tracker co-founder reflects on vindication, emboldened investors and the need for a global fossil fuel treaty.
White Papers
Are electric cars really green?
Electric vehicles may be cleaner at the exhaust pipe, but critics question if they are really green, saying this isn’t measuring the energy needed to produce the car or the electricity. Would a life cycle analysis make them less appealing?
