As Australia struggled through the ill fated CPRS legislation and finally landed with its carbon pricing mechanism, I often thought that it would be much …
Category: Carbon price
Encouraging CCS in Europe
In a recent post I discussed the problems that the EU flagship programme to demonstrate CCS (carbon capture and storage) is having. With an allowance surplus …
The bureaucracy in Europe blinks
A year ago as the EU ETS price showed clear signs of a second step change downwards (in 2008/9 from €25 to €15 then in …
The limits of energy efficiency
With the recent passage of the Energy Efficiency Directive through the key EU parliamentary committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), it is clear that …
Is $23 per tonne the right price for Australia?
Next week the carbon pricing mechanism gets going in Australia, starting at a fixed price of AU$23 per tonne of CO2 in the first year, …
The plight of CCS in the EU
This week I attended the quarterly review meeting of the European Technology Platform for Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ZEP), a coalition of stakeholders …
The case for an auction reserve price
There has been considerable discussion over recent months as to what action needs to be taken both in the short and long term to ensure …
A new market mechanism from the UNFCCC
While much of the focus in the recent UNFCCC meeting in Bonn was on the protracted discussion around agenda and chair for the ADP (Ad-Hoc …
Oil sands and atmospheric CO2
In a recent New York Times opinion piece, NASA climate scientist James Hansen again puts forward his very compelling argument for strong action on limiting …
Getting the message right – public perception and climate change
This week in Australia the carbon pricing mechanism (no, it isn’t a tax, despite some similarities) is back in the news as the government releases …
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