In mid-September the climate change focused world turned its attention to San Francisco to attend, watch, listen and participate in the myriad of events surrounding …
Category: Carbon price
The future is carbon trading
From time to time it is worth revisiting the rationale behind various initiatives, in part to better understand them but also to bring clarity to …
The Role of the EU Emissions Trading System
Over recent weeks, a number of media outlets have noted the launch of a new commission in Germany, officially known as the “Commission on Growth, …
Decarbonising Heavy Industry
I was fortunate to attend part of the 9th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting in Copenhagen and participate in a panel focussed on the steps required …
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement
Over the past few months I have been deeply involved with my colleagues in the Shell Scenario team preparing a new scenario that illustrates a …
A CCS gold rush?
Later this year, the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C will be released and it is very likely to put great emphasis on the importance of …
Carbon market developments in 2017
Looking back at my 2017 post on developments in 2016, it becomes clear that the past twelve months have been more consolidation than progress in terms …
