Gavin Mair, Author at Carbon Market Watch

Author: Gavin Mair

Gavin is a member of the communications team. He formerly supported the work of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament, and held responsibility for media output and office management for two MEPs prior to Brexit. He is an experienced campaigner, relishing the challenge of communicating for causes that have a social and environmental impact and is motivated by CMW’s mission of holding businesses and governments to account as they move towards essential environmental ambitions and transitions. When not fighting the good fight Gavin can typically be found enjoying live music or attending to his houseplants.

Flexibilities in 2040 target risk breaking the EU carbon market – study

by Khaled Diab2050 climate strategies 18/06/202519/06/2025Comments are Disabled

The EU’s Emissions Trading System is essential to meeting the European Union’s 2040 climate target. Watering the EU ETS down with international carbon credits or carbon removals will prove fatal, concludes a study commissioned by Carbon Market Watch. Under pressure from industry and pro-business stakeholders, the European Commission has been toying with ways to water …

Cookstove carbon credits: Recipe for cooking the climate books

by Gavin MairGlobal markets 28/04/202529/04/2025Comments are Disabled

A new report reveals that cookstove carbon projects eligible for the Korean Emissions Trading System are at risk of issuing 18 times more credits than they should, echoing past EU carbon market mistakes

EU’s 2040 credit line risks bankrupting the climate

by Gavin MairEU carbon market, Global markets 14/04/202526/05/2025Comments are Disabled

A new Carbon Market Watch analysis reveals the first batch of Article 6.4 international carbon credits could be overestimated by a factor of 26 – highlighting the risks of using them towards the EU’s 2040 climate target

Civil society must be included in EU policymaking

by Gavin MairThe EU Green Deal and Climate Law 07/04/202507/04/2025Comments are Disabled

Carbon Market Watch and 550 civil society organisations from 40 countries are today joining forces to fight back against ongoing attacks against NGOs from centre-right and far-right political voices.

An industrial deal, but not a clean deal

by Gavin MairCarbon dioxide removals, Decarbonising European industry, EU carbon market, Global markets 26/02/202518/03/2025Comments are Disabled

The European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus package supports big polluters while the EU’s climate goals are missing in action

FIFA’s foul, irresponsible, farcical, and absurd approach to the climate

by Gavin MairCorporate climate responsibility, Greenwashing 20/12/202415/01/2025Comments are Disabled

Despite its talk of making the World Cups climate friendly, FIFA is clearly following the money, whether it is from wealthy and polluting corporate sponsors or countries with questionable human rights and sustainability credentials.

CO2ol Down campaign knocks on EU policymakers’ door

by Fabiola De Simone2050 climate strategies, Carbon dioxide removals, The EU Green Deal and Climate Law 04/12/202404/12/2024Comments are Disabled

The CO2ol Down coalition took its campaign to the heart of EU policymaking on Thursday to present its ready-to-go plans on the role of carbon removals in the EU climate framework towards 2040 and beyond.

Banding together: How your favourite musical artists are tuning into the climate crisis

by Gavin MairCorporate climate responsibility, Greenwashing 18/09/202418/09/2024Comments are Disabled

From Massive Attack to Billie Eilish and Coldplay, musicians are banding together to address climate change, with varying degrees of success At Carbon Market Watch, we have investigated the climate impact of mega sporting events. Mega not only in their public appeal but in their climatic impact. Our reports analysing the carbon footprints of both …

Author: Gavin Mair

Flexibilities in 2040 target risk breaking the EU carbon market – study

Cookstove carbon credits: Recipe for cooking the climate books

EU’s 2040 credit line risks bankrupting the climate

Civil society must be included in EU policymaking

An industrial deal, but not a clean deal

FIFA’s foul, irresponsible, farcical, and absurd approach to the climate

CO2ol Down campaign knocks on EU policymakers’ door

Banding together: How your favourite musical artists are tuning into the climate crisis

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