LONDON — Investment banks had high hopes for carbon trading. Point Carbon, an energy consultancy, predicted in 2008 that the market for trading carbon emissions permits would reach 2 trillion euros by 2020. However, the failure of the Copenhagen summit has dashed hopes of a global market. National schemes could help fill the gap, but political negotiations in the first half of 2010 will be crucial.
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