International Offsets and the EU 2009

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EU’s 2040 credit line risks bankrupting the climate

14/04/2025

The inclusion of flawed carbon credits in any compliance or voluntary market – particularly within the EU’s 2040 climate architecture – would pose a serious risk to environmental integrity. If the EU allows these credits to count towards its legally binding climate targets, it will effectively undermine real domestic mitigation by replacing it with credits that exist only on paper.

EU must protect flagship climate policies against Big Oil’s green fuel failure and aviation sector attacks

31/03/2025

The demand of airlines to ground or delay two flagship EU climate policies for the aviation sector would result in soaring emissions, delay decarbonisation and hurt the European Union’s efforts to become a clean tech leader. The EU must hold steady on its course.

Civil society and industry call for ETS2 lending facility to combat energy and transport poverty

13/03/2025

Signatories believe that to better prepare member states for the implementation of ETS2, early access must be granted to revenue before the system begins in 2027.