The UK carbon price, today.
Official UK and EU carbon prices, updated every auction day, plus simple tools for the paperwork: Carbon Reduction Plans for government and NHS tenders, and UK CBAM templates for importers.
UK carbon price (UKA)
£63.94
per tonne CO2e · October 2026 average
Published monthly by the UK ETS Authority. Next official figure due Thu 10 Dec.
EU carbon price (EUA)
€88.60
per tonne CO2e · about £74.02 · auction Wed 11 Nov
£8.51
EU above UK per tonne in October 2026 (12% of the EU price)
€82.32
Q3 2026, official. Q4 so far: €86.69 (our estimate)
51 days
until it starts on 1 January 2027, for importers reaching £50,000 a year.
UK figure: UK ETS Authority monthly average (Open Government Licence). EU figure: EEX auction clearing price. £ conversion at the ECB reference rate of 0.8355 on 10 November 2026. How we source prices
What we do
Carbon prices, and the paperwork that comes with them.
Track the carbon price
For anyone who buys, sells, budgets for or reports on carbon.
The official UK and EU carbon prices, the UK vs EU gap and the EU CBAM certificate price, each linked to its source and updated every auction day. Get an email the day each new figure is published.
Carbon Reduction Plans for tenders
For suppliers bidding for UK government contracts over £5 million a year (PPN 006) or NHS contracts.
Enter your energy, travel and waste figures and get your plan in the government template, calculated with the official conversion factors for your reporting year. Word and PDF, in about 15 minutes.
Get ready for UK CBAM
For UK importers of aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, iron and steel.
UK CBAM starts on 1 January 2027. Check free whether your imports reach the £50,000 threshold, then send suppliers ready-made emissions data request letters and keep a records register built on HMRC's rules.
Importing regularly? CarbonPrice Pro adds an online imports log, a supplier data tracker and every template pack for £99 a month. Not sure where to start? Ask for CBAM help.
Since May 2021
UK and EU carbon prices, side by side.
2026 to 2028
Three changes every UK business should know about.
Reported 7 Oct 2026
UK and EU carbon markets moving to link
Press reports on 7 October 2026 said negotiators had concluded talks on linking the UK and EU emissions trading schemes, with an announcement expected at the next UK-EU summit. Neither government has confirmed this yet. Linking would be expected to pull the two prices together.
What linking means ›
From 1 Jan 2027
UK CBAM puts a carbon price on imports
Importers of aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, and iron and steel will pay a carbon charge once their CBAM imports reach £50,000 over 12 months. First returns are due by 31 May 2028.
UK CBAM explained ›
From 1 Feb 2027
EU CBAM certificates go on sale
From February 2027, EU importers buy CBAM certificates for their 2026 imports at the 2026 quarterly prices. Goods imported from 2027 are priced weekly. UK exporters will be asked for emissions data by EU customers.
EU CBAM for UK firms ›
Plain English
Carbon pricing, explained.
What is the carbon price?
UKAs, EUAs, Carbon Price Support and CBAM in one page.
The UK ETS
Who is covered, how auctions work and how the price is set.
UK CBAM
Who pays from 2027, the threshold, rates and deadlines.
UK CBAM rates
How HM Treasury will set them, and how to estimate yours.
EU CBAM for UK exporters
What your EU customers will ask you for, and when.
UK-EU ETS linking
What is agreed, what is reported, and what it means for prices.
What is CBAM?
The EU and UK carbon border taxes side by side, and what changed in 2025.
The EU ETS
How the EU carbon market works, the cap, auctions and ETS2.
Carbon credits
Compliance allowances versus voluntary credits, and how to check an offset.
Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions
What each scope covers, with UK examples and the 15 Scope 3 categories.
PPN 006
Carbon Reduction Plans for UK government contracts: what is required.
SECR reporting
Who must report energy and carbon in their annual report, and what to include.
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the day it lands.
The UK monthly price, the EU CBAM price and the first UK CBAM rates, due before the end of 2026. One email per new figure.
Questions, answered.
What does CarbonPrice.co.uk do?
CarbonPrice.co.uk is an independent UK site. It publishes the official UK and EU carbon prices and the EU CBAM certificate price for free, with plain-English guides to the rules. It also offers simple tools: a Carbon Reduction Plan builder for suppliers bidding for government and NHS contracts (£99), UK CBAM templates for importers (from £29) and CarbonPrice Pro, a UK CBAM workspace (£99 a month).
What is the UK carbon price today?
The latest official UK carbon price is £63.94 per tonne of CO2 equivalent, the average UK Allowance (UKA) price for October 2026 published by the UK ETS Authority. For comparison, the most recent EU carbon auction cleared at €88.60 on 11 November 2026.
Why is the UK carbon price lower than the EU carbon price?
In October 2026 the EU price was £72.45 a tonne in sterling terms against £63.94 in the UK, a gap of £8.51. The two markets have been separate since 2021, so their prices move on different supply and demand. Plans to link the UK and EU schemes would be expected to close the gap over time.
What is the CBAM certificate price?
The European Commission set the EU CBAM certificate price for Q3 2026 at €82.32 per tonne. It is the volume-weighted average of EU carbon auction prices in the quarter. From 2027 it will be published every week.
When does UK CBAM start?
The UK carbon border adjustment mechanism starts on 1 January 2027. It covers imports of aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, and iron and steel, and applies once an importer's CBAM imports reach £50,000 over the previous 12 months, or are expected to within the next 30 days.
How often are these prices updated?
EU auction prices are added every auction day, usually the same afternoon. The official UK average is published monthly by the UK ETS Authority. EU CBAM certificate prices are quarterly in 2026 and weekly from 2027.
Where does this data come from?
UK prices come from the UK ETS Authority on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence). EU prices are primary auction results published by EEX. CBAM certificate prices come from the European Commission and exchange rates from the European Central Bank.
Figures on this page refresh automatically. UK ETS Authority data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. CBAM certificate prices: European Commission, CC BY 4.0.