EMEA > France pushes for 2.4% annual ETS cap cut EU as ministers shift towards flexible target-setting

France pushes for 2.4% annual ETS cap cut EU as ministers shift towards flexible target-setting

Published 13:44 on June 20, 2016  /  Last updated at 10:02 on June 21, 2016  / Ben Garside /  EMEA, EU ETS

France became the first EU nation to explicitly call for an annual CO2 cap cut of more than 2.2% in the ETS after 2020, in remarks made during a meeting of the bloc’s environment ministers that saw several call for the bloc’s market to be brought into line with Paris Agreement.
France became the first EU nation to explicitly call for an annual CO2 cap cut of more than 2.2% in the ETS after 2020, in remarks made during a meeting of the bloc’s environment ministers that saw several call for the bloc’s market to be brought into line with Paris Agreement.


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