UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Where Are We Now?
May 2021 stands apart from May in previous years in that, in addition to the joys of spring, it brings with it the long-awaited start of the UK’s own Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), following the UK’s withdrawal from the equivalent European scheme after Brexit. 19 May 2021 marks the ’go-live’ date, with the inaugural UK ETS auction taking place.
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