Signatories believe that to better prepare member states for the implementation of ETS2, early access must be granted to revenue before the system begins in 2027.
The European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus package supports big polluters while the EU’s climate goals are missing in action The European Commission’s proposal for a Clean Industrial Deal (CID) presents a plan to support the competitiveness and resilience of industry. It also describes how the EU climate framework, including the future adoption of …
Heavy industries covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) received most of their pollution permits for free, effectively subsidising Europe’s dirtiest businesses, a new report by Carbon Market Watch and WWF reveals. This wasteful and inefficient policy cost society €40 billion. The report also reveals that nearly 40% of ETS revenue in the Innovation …
In its freshly published report on scaling up carbon dioxide removals in the EU, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), established by the EU Climate Law, makes setting separate climate targets its number one recommendation. This aligns with what Carbon Market Watch and other stakeholders have been advocating.
To facilitate a transatlantic exchange of views, Carbon Market Watch brought together experts from the USA, the UK, Germany and the EU to track progress towards implementing separate climate targets and carbon removals policies. Carbon Market Watch recently organised a webinar aimed at delving deeper into how key trailblazing countries, states and regions on both …
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.
Carbon Market Watch is campaigning alongside eight EU and national civil society organisations for the imminent Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings and the Social Climate Fund to deliver a fair and effective decarbonisation transition.
There is an increasing need for both public and private expenditure, and an availability of growing ETS revenues. Those delivering the most climate action must be rewarded.
All but one European Union member state have fallen foul of the date to enter the new Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) in the national law books. This delay sends completely the wrong signal, argues Eleanor Scott.
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