A year in review: 2022 saw a range of climate disasters and extreme weather events around the globe, a number of international climate and biodiversity summits, and fresh alarming reports of global temperature rise heading towards 2.5°C
Global
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.
United Kingdom