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Lufthansa, BA, Air France were Europe’s most polluting airlines pre-Covid
Joint press release by Carbon Market Watch and Transport&Environment BRUSSELS 29 March 2021. Three of the biggest recipients of airline bailouts – Lufthansa, British Airways and Air France – were the three biggest European airline emitters before the pandemic grounded flights, official data shows.[1] It is the first time ever that the total emissions of…
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By Kaisa Amaral on 20 Jan 2021
Carbon Market Watch agenda – Spring-Summer 2021
Carbon Market Watch agenda outlines our priorities and key political milestones for the next months. Download here
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By Kaisa Amaral on 27 Nov 2020
Carbon Market Watch Newsletter – November 2020
‘Carbon removals’ must be approached with caution Carbon removals are becoming a hot topic and are also rising up on the EU’s policy-making agenda. There is no denying that we will need to suck CO2 pollution from the atmosphere over the course of this century to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis. But…
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By Agnese Ruggiero, Gilles Dufrasne on 25 Nov 2020
EU carbon market report underlines the need to end pollution handouts
While the EU carbon market is helping to clean up Europe’s power sector, industrial CO2 pollution remained stubbornly high, and that from aviation kept growing in 2019. This is partly due to overly generous handouts of pollution permits. These subsidies must be phased out to incentivise cleaner production and more sustainable transport as the scheme…
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Carbon Market Watch Newsletter – October 2020
Green Commitment Or Greenwashing? Since last year, Shell has been offering European motorists “carbon neutral” driving and recently Total announced that it is now selling “carbon neutral” liquified natural gas. Are the fossil fuel giants going green? No, we are not talking about electric car charging stations or renewable fuels. Both Shell and Total are…
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By Ilaria Buttu, Gilles Dufrasne on 29 Oct 2020
Airlines continue to push against climate policies as EU Commission proposes new rules
Airlines have been hit hard by the pandemic induced economic slowdown and travel restrictions, but are also using the situation as an excuse to lobby even harder against climate regulations. As the EU works on its aviation climate package, it must ensure that – like other transport modes – the sector pays for its pollution…
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“Offsetting must not be a license to continue polluting”
We joined the World Press Clubs Alliance for Climate launch event on Friday 23 October. Watch the interview with Sabine Frank here. Companies and governments are announcing “climate-neutrality” targets, and consumers are being offered ways to offset their carbon footprint. What does this mean in practice? How can we distinguish between real climate action and…
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Watch This! - Civil Society Newsletter
By Andrew Coiley on 21 Oct 2020
Watch This! Civil Society Newsletter Q3
Ambitious EU/China climate news muted amid COVID chaos Dear members, friends & colleagues, Welcome to this quarter’s edition of the Watch This, a civil society newsletter by Carbon Market Watch. In this edition we look at some big climate announcements that have struggled to get the recognition they deserve during these increasingly troubling times. In an interview with my…
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Watch This! - Civil Society Newsletter
By Andrew Coiley / Agnese Ruggiero on 20 Oct 2020
Europe’s new climate pledge: more than a glossy magazine cover?
Interview with Agnese Ruggiero In a ‘normal’ year last month’s big climate announcements by Europe and China would have been a major international talking point, sadly this year is nothing but normal! First, the EU Commission during the State of the Union speech set out a plan to raise the block’s 2030 GHG reduction target…
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By Kaisa Amaral on 9 Oct 2020
Carbon Market Watch agenda – Autumn 2020
Carbon Market Watch agenda outlines our priorities and key political milestones for the next months. Click here
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