Despite these reduced targets, the
number of people entering postgraduate training in non-EBacc subjects fell even further, with 415
fewer entrants to postgraduate ITT in non-EBacc subjects than last year.
If the overall cap for any year is set below the level
of emissions last year, on a downward trajectory compatible with stabilizing concentrations at a safe level, reserving some credits for new
entrants would force other firms to bid for
fewer permits, raising prices and increasing the
number of mitigation activities that are worth undertaking.