Polish energy providers detail the cost of carbon-emission permits in invoices to households. These costs are high, as Poland relies on coal for more than 70% of power generation. It will cost $415 billion, or about two-thirds of gross domestic product, for Poland to reach the EU’s net-zero emissions goal by 2050, according to government estimates.

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange marked the admission of the first financial instruments registered on a public distributed ledger technology (DLT). The three series of security tokens admitted on LuxSE SOL are digital covered bonds (housing finance bonds) and structured products. They are financial instruments and debt securities under French law.