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It was launched in 2005 to fight global warming and is a major pillar of EU energy policy.

As of 2013, the EU ETS covers more than 11,000 factories, power stations, and other installations with a net heat excess of 20 MW in 31 countriesall 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and United Kingdom.

In 2008, the installations regulated by the EU ETS were collectively responsible for close to half of the EUs anthropogenic emissions of CO 2 and 40 of its total greenhouse gas emissions.

By 2020 the EU hopes to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 compared with 1990 and to increase energy efficiency by 20.

A 2020 study estimated that the EU ETS had reduced CO 2 emissions by more than 1 billion tons between 2008 and 2016 or 3.8 of total EU-wide emissions.

EU Allowances for emissions are then auctioned off or allocated for free, and can subsequently be traded.

Installations must monitor and report their CO 2 emissions, ensuring they hand in enough allowances to the authorities to cover their emissions.

If emission exceeds what is permitted by its allowances, an installation must purchase allowances from others.

Conversely, if an installation has performed well at reducing its emissions, it can sell its leftover credits.

This allows the system to find the most cost-effective ways of reducing emissions without significant government intervention.

The first ETS trading period lasted three years, from January 2005 to December 2007.

The second trading period ran from January 2008 until December 2012, coinciding with the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

The third trading period began in January 2013 and will span until December 2020.

Compared to 2005, when the EU ETS was first implemented, the proposed caps for 2020 represents a 21 reduction of greenhouse gases.

This target has been reached six years early as emissions in the ETS fell to 1812 million tonnes in 2014.

Phase III sees a turn to auctioning more permits rather than allocating freely (in 2013, over 40 of the allowances were auctioned 10 ); harmonisation of rules for the remaining allocations; and the inclusion of other greenhouse gases, such as nitrous oxide and perfluorocarbons.

In 2012, the EU ETS was also extended to the airline industry, though this only applies within the EEA.

The price of EU ETS carbon credits has been lower than intended, with a large surplus of allowances, in part because of the impact of the recent economic crisis on demand.

In 2012, the Commission said it would delay the auctioning of some allowances.

Currently when legislation is under way which would introduce a Market Stability Reserve to the EU ETS that adjusts the annual supply of CO 2 permits based on the CO 2 permits in circulation.

European Parliament recently backed former MEP Ian Duncans proposals to revise the EUs Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to cut emissions across Europe.

The new scheme will impose a cap on carbon emissions for 31 countries.

When the Kyoto Protocol came into force on 16 February 2005, Phase I of the EU ETS had already become operational.

The EU later agreed to incorporate Kyoto flexible mechanism certificates as compliance tools within the EU ETS.

The Linking Directive allows operators to use a certain amount of Kyoto certificates from flexible mechanism projects in order to cover their emissions.

One ERU represents the successful emissions reduction equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO 2 e).

One CER represents the successful emissions reduction equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO 2 e).

These Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) can be obtained by implementing emission reduction projects in developing countries, outside the EU, that have ratified (or acceded to) the Kyoto Protocol.

The implementation of Clean Development Projects is largely specified by the Marrakech Accords, a follow-on set of agreements by the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.

The legislators of the EU ETS drew up the scheme independently but called on the experiences gained during the running of the voluntary UK Emissions Trading Scheme in the previous years, 17 and collaborated with other parties to ensure its units and mechanisms were compatible with the design agreed through the UNFCCC.