The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) is a carbon pricing mechanism that caps and trades greenhouse gas emissions across covered sectors, replacing the EU ETS post-Brexit. Led by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero with the Environment Agency, it is currently active and undergoing refinements including treatment of sustainable aviation fuel and alignment with major project carbon abatement costs.
The role of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme in UK decarbonisation and how the UK ETS Authority is developing the scheme.
Joint response from the UK ETS Authority to the 2024 targeted consultation on technical and operational amendments to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS).
The government's summary of EU Commission delegated and implementing acts arising from EU directive 2003/87/EC on greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading.