Beesley Lectures

Floors and flaws

Last week we published our Low Carbon Economy Index report - which highlighted the dirty recovery in 2010. For the first time since 1996, UK carbon emissions growth exceeded economic growth – in other words the carbon intensity increased. We also compared the scale of investment that the UK Government...

Setting a carbon price floor

With the price of carbon prices falling significantly in the last few months, some have questioned whether the market is really working as it should be. This debate is confused by differing views on what the objectives of an emissions trading scheme should be. For some, the EU Emissions Trading...