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EU targets €225bn green bond issuance amid strengthened climate push
16 September 2020The EU said it intends to raise 30% of its €750 billion ($890 billion) Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery fund through the issuance of green bonds, as it boosted its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions target for 2030.
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MEPs support for EU ETS could treble carbon price
15 February 2017Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have agreed to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in a move which one analyst said has the potential to triple allowance price forecasts for 2020.
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Ship owners and NGOs object to EU ETS reform proposals
19 December 2016A proposed revision of the EU's pioneering Emissions Trading System (ETS) is facing strong opposition from ship owners and some environmental NGOs.