FIFA fo fum – Magical thinking will not solve World Cup’s giant climate problem
With the 2026 World Cup, FIFA, football’s governing body, is scoring poorly for the climate and has even netted a few own goals.
How not to mess with the ETS
Carbon Market Watch’s 10-point plan to keep the EU Emissions Trading System on track to serve the climate and society.
Oil spill: How fossil fuel interests are seeping into the voluntary carbon market rulebook
Oil and gas interests pollute the carbon crediting rulebook and invest heavily in a marketplace flush with low-quality carbon credits. A new Carbon Market Watch report demonstrates how some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies use their oversized leverage to influence major decision-making bodies in the voluntary carbon market.
Can carbon credits wean the power sector off coal dependency?
Allowing coal-fired power plants to generate carbon credits as a way of financing their early retirement sounds better in theory than it would work in practice if the proposed methodology from Verra were to be implemented. Verra must go back to the drawing board and policymakers must seek out better solutions for moving beyond coal. …
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COP30: Attempts to dilute inadequate carbon market rules thwarted
Carbon markets continued to feature prominently and often worryingly at COP30. Carbon Market Watch witnessed a stark contrast between the optimism championed by the many initiatives promoting “high quality” carbon markets and the negotiation rooms where concerted efforts were made to water down Article 6 rules.
EU’s 2040 target lets big polluters off the hook
Although the European Union has the means and capacity to wave goodbye to fossil fuels by 2040, EU environment ministers have backed an unambitious climate target for that year that unfairly shifts some of the burden for domestic climate action to the Global South and future generations.
Sky polluters, time to chip in… Citizens, time to cash in! – study
By confronting the aviation industry’s full climate impact, our research shows that by applying the polluter-pays principle and expanding carbon pricing to non-covered aviation climate impacts, there could be a tenfold increase in EU ETS revenues between 2025 and 2040 from the aviation sector.
€86 billion in limbo: EU countries miss key deadline to protect their most vulnerable
NGOs are concerned that measures outlined in NSCPs will be insufficient to protect those most vulnerable to ETS2 prices. National governments must prioritise completing their plans as soon as possible, but not at the expense of meaningful stakeholder engagement.
FIFA’s Club World Cup kicks climate and social concerns into the long grass
FIFA’s latest grand tournament, the month-long Club World Cup has kicked off in the USA. The expanded 32-team games flex the football industry’s money making power, while spotlighting its disregard for people and planet.
