Carbon dioxide emissions from Europe's heavy industry sectors rose by 1.1% in 2007, say carbon market analysts.The estimate is based on initial data from the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which includes more than 10,000 large industrial plants.
Environmentalists say it shows that the scheme, the EU's main mechanism to meet its Kyoto target, is not working.
But market watchers say the ETS, in the long term, will help deliver the EU goal of cutting emissions by 20%.
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