Launched during a summer of fossil-fuelled climate breakdown marked by heatwaves and wildfires, the European Commission’s carbon market revision backtracks on climate action. The new proposal actively weakens the effectiveness of Europe’s flagship climate policy, and risks undermining the achievement of the EU’s 2040
A civil society coalition launches public ‘Leave fossil fuels behind, not people!’ petition and demands member state action on the first anniversary of missed deadline to apply for Social Climate Fund financing
The Commission planted a carbon bomb in its proposal to reform the supply control mechanism within the EU’s carbon pricing scheme for road transport and buildings.
Carbon Market Watch’s 10-point plan to keep the EU Emissions Trading System on track to serve the climate and society.
CMW’s Jeanne Marullaz reports that there are clear signs of growing support for the EU Emissions Trading System as a driving force of both climate action and European competitiveness – from civil society to governments and industries
The International Civil Aviation Organisation hailed its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as a global, harmonised answer to aviation’s growing climate impact. Yet the reality is very different: patchy enforcement, limited coverage, and heavy reliance on problematic offsetting with carbon
Despite being the most climate-damaging form of travel, private jet use has reached record highs, yet most flights are exempt from paying a carbon price, and all are exempt from fuel taxes. This must end.
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.
After initially backing the EU’s planned Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU industry has grown increasingly hostile to the carbon levy as the prospect of losing their free allowances under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) looms closer, according to an InfluenceMap analysis
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