Euro 2024 fails to score its most important climate goal
As Euro 2024 kicks off, the tournament has been caught offside with some of its climate claims. UEFA must do better to tackle its carbon footprint.
No added value: Flaws of renewable energy carbon credits hidden in plain sight
Our latest report discusses how carbon credits from renewable energy projects are in oversupply and fail to deliver additional climate benefits
How to make Olympic climate dreams a reality
In the race against accelerating global warming, the 2024 Paris Olympics will not get the games past the finish line, our analysis finds. The only solution is to rethink and reform the mega event
Workshop 3: The co-creation continues
Participants at the third meeting of the CO2ol Down campaign took a giant leap towards finalising their proposed amendments to the EU Climate Law and policy recommendations for governing permanent carbon removals in the EU
Workshop 2: Discussing the key elements for EU permanent removals instruments
Having set the terms of discussion at the first workshop, participants met in person to brainstorm how the EU should govern permanent removals in a safe and sustainable manner
Workshop 1: Setting a new course for carbon removals in the EU
On Thursday 29 February Carbon Market Watch hosted the first in a series of workshops bringing together kindred spirits from academia, business and civil society to talk carbon removals – and hatch a plan for their measured use in the EU
Going for green: Is the Paris Olympics winning the race against the climate clock?
Aware of the impact of the games on the climate and of record temperatures on the games, organisers of the Paris games have pledged to break records when it comes to reducing the impact of this mega event on the planet. ‘Going for Green’, a Carbon Market Watch and éclaircies report assessing the credibility of these plans reveals that if completely implemented, only 30% of the expected carbon footprint is covered by a robust climate strategy.
Unforced Error: Assessing the climate actions of the men’s tennis tour
The jetsetting ideal of the men’s tennis tour is helping to push the climate towards break(ing) point. So if offsetting isn’t the fix that the ATP is hoping for what is?
‘Human Stories’ series demonstrates promising yet unfulfilled potential of EU Emissions Trading System
Examples of climate funding being put to good use in Greece, Portugal and Belgium suggest how revenue from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) can be better used to enhance climate action. This potential can be further boosted by eliminating the freebies awarded to the wealthiest polluters.
Over 100 organisations and scientists demand separation of EU’s 2040 climate targets
the European Commission has received an open letter signed by 96 academics, businesses, civil society organisations and research institutions urging the EU to separate emissions reductions, land-based sequestration and permanent carbon removals in the EU’s post-2030 climate framework.
