U-turn

U-turn on EU’s Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings carries huge environmental, social and economic price tag

A small number of politicians are pushing to reverse course on the Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2). However, such a u-turn would fuel the climate crisis and cost European society and the economy dearly. Member states have all the tools to roll out ETS2 fairly and effectively but they need to act now.

Modelling 2030: how the reformed EU ETS affects your member state

The revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in 2023 expanded the scope and reformed other aspects of the ETS to align with the EU’s climate goal of 55% net emissions reductions by 2030. As a result, many changes were made to the system including the creation of an emissions trading system to …