Settling the bill: Who must pay for their emissions?
Revenue from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) continues to be spent on subsidising heavy industry pollution rather than on climate action and ending energy poverty.
FAQ: The EU ETS for shipping explained
The EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is being expanded to cover shipping. But what does this involve and what does it mean for the maritime sector?
Emissions Aristocracy: EU carbon market’s one-percenters spew out lion’s share of emissions
Emissions Aristocracy of just 30 companies spews out half of the greenhouse gases covered by the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), representing a quarter of the EU’s carbon footprint, a CMW report uncovers.
Reformed EU ETS helps Belgian port navigate a faster course to decarbonisation
With shipping due to enter the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in 2024, North Sea Port in Belgium is striving to put more wind in the sails of its climate strategy.
Join CMW in demanding a firewall between emissions reductions, land sequestration and carbon removals
Carbon Market Watch calls on organisations, businesses and academics to join its open call for the EU to explicitly separate its targets and policies for emissions reductions, carbon sequestration in the land sector and permanent removals in its post-2030 climate framework.
How EU ETS in Portugal supports cyclists and helps birds to fly again
Portugal is using revenue from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to help finance its green transition, bankrolling everything from cycling infrastructure to nature conservation.
Can the EU’s expanded Emissions Trading System ensure a just transition for vulnerable Europeans and the climate?
The European Union’s expansion of the European Emissions Trading System, known as ETS2, will extend the “polluter pays” principle to buildings and road transport. This will make carbon pricing more tangible to EU citizens but can also help them decarbonise.
Why carbon removals do not belong in carbon markets
Policymakers must break the magnetism between carbon markets and carbon removals by putting in place non-market incentives. This requires a rethinking of the EU’s Carbon Removals Certification Framework process and setting the right targets for 2040.
A breath of fresh air or an ill wind: The human benefits and costs of decarbonising coal regions
With its focus on tonnes of carbon dioxide discharged into the atmosphere, the EU’s Emissions Trading System can appear to be technical and immaterial to most people. To uncover the human dimension of the EU ETS, with its challenges and opportunities, Carbon Market Watch and The Green Tank, visited Greece’s main lignite-producing region as it …
Fixing the Commission’s innovation fixation: Three recommendations for the overhaul of the Innovation Fund
Following the revamping of the EU’s Emissions Trading System, the associated Innovation Fund also requires an overhaul to ensure it serves the purpose of accelerating decarbonisation. Here are Carbon Market Watch’s and Sandbag’s recommendations.
