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
