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Make impact assessments great again (MIAGA)

19/01/2026

Although the European Commission is meant to carry out a thorough impact assessment before proposing new policies, the European Union’s policymaking process is increasingly being influenced by business lobbies and guided by political expediency and whim. This approach will result in serious negative consequences.

EU’s 2040 climate target deal papers over massive emissions loopholes

10/12/2025

The European Union has struck a deal on its 2040 climate target which, on paper, maintains the headline goal of slashing emissions by 90% but allows loopholes and backdoors that will result in hundreds of millions of tonnes of additional domestic emissions.

Last chance to shore up EU’s 2040 climate target

20/11/2025

As the European Union institutions prepare to embark on the final negotiations around the bloc’s diluted 2040 climate target, there is one last chance to shore up some of the goal’s loopholes for the good of the environment and society.

COP30: No to misusing carbon markets to camouflage climate inaction

04/11/2025

At the COP30 climate conference, countries that have cooled on climate action are set to exploit carbon markets to take the heat to act off themselves. But carbon markets are no substitutes for real emissions cuts and no replacement for climate finance.

CDM Watch at work (Newsletter #20)

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Make impact assessments great again (MIAGA)

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COP30: No to misusing carbon markets to camouflage climate inaction

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