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* [[Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism]]
* [[Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism]]
* [[Carbon credit]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Carbon tax]]
* [[Carbon tax]]
* [[Carbon trading]]
* [[Carbon trading]]
* [[Emissions Trading Scheme]]
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* [[Greenhouse gas]]
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* [[Net zero]]
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Revision as of 04:10, 10 July 2021

Environmental policy - carbon pricing - European Union (EU) - Emission Trading Scheme.

(EUA).

In carbon pricing, a European Union Allowance is the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2), or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases.

At the end of each compliance cycle, all participants in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme must surrender enough EUAs to cover all of their emissions in that cycle.


See also