Carbon Market Watch is campaigning alongside eight EU and national civil society organisations for the imminent Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings and the Social Climate Fund to deliver a fair and effective decarbonisation transition.
There is an increasing need for both public and private expenditure, and an availability of growing ETS revenues. Those delivering the most climate action must be rewarded.
Carbon farming and other forms of nature-based temporary carbon sequestration will not store CO2 long enough to tackle the climate crisis nor help farmers. We need better tools, argues Sabine Frank.
Parties to the International Maritime Organisation are meeting in London to discuss various proposals to decarbonise the shipping sector. Carbon Market Watch gives our verdict over what’s on the table.
Our latest FAQ has the answers to everything you always wanted to know about the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Our latest FAQ has the answers to everything you always wanted to know about the EU Emissions Trading System revenues
EU’s underwhelming 2040 climate target shifts responsibility to future generations
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.
The EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) covers aviation. But what does that mean for the climate and airlines?
A large part of heavy industry carbon emissions is exempted from ETS obligations. The allocation system of free emissions allowances was designed to shield European heavy industries from the purported risk of “carbon leakage”, the alleged risk that industries will relocate their production outside of the EU to countries or regions with more lenient carbon emission policies.
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