EU carbon market plunge is "wake-up call" -commissioner
January 24, 2013 at 09:07 AM EST
BRUSSELS, Jan 24- A carbon market price fall to less than 3 euros on Thursday must serve as a wake-up call to EU member states to back a Commission plan to prop up the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, the EU climate commissioner said. The European Union is working on linking up with other schemes in Switzerland and Australia, for instance.