EU Update

March/April 2008

Global carbon market set to explode in next decade

Analysts foresee a boom in carbon emissions trading by 2020 as the EU prepares to include new sectors in its Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) and the United States' accession to a similar system appears increasingly inevitable.

http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/global-carbon-market-set-explode-decade/article-170384

EU members set to demand tougher biofuel standards

Member states look set to demand stricter sustainability criteria for biofuels made from agricultural crops in a bid to avert negative environmental side-effects linked to their mass production, according to a draft paper circulated by the Slovenian Presidency.

http://www.euractiv.com/en/transport/eu-members-set-demand-tougher-biofuel-standards/article-171249

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