EU Emissions Trading Scheme and UK Emissions Trading Scheme
2026-05-13 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · 1395 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on linking the UK and EU Emissions Trading Schemes.
Answer
The UK and EU agreed to work towards linking their emissions trading schemes, the UK ETS and EU ETS, at the May 2025 UK-EU summit. This was on the basis of the Common Understanding text agreed at that summit. Linking is expected to bring significant econo...