A novel co-creation initiative involving a broad spectrum of stakeholders led to the development of a joint blueprint for carbon removals policies in the European Union.
As re-confirmed by leading climate scientists in October, there is no alternative to near-term emission reductions to limit damage to our planet, ecosystems and people. However, there is a need to prepare for an environmentally sustainable removals capacity that can
The way residual or unavoidable emissions are currently defined and dealt with misses an important dimension: fairness.
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.
Leading figures from academia, civil society and industry have collaborated to create two proposals to clarify key carbon removals principles that should be integrated into the EU Climate Law and relevant climate policies
Despite huge revenue generated on the field at Euro 2024, off it, UEFA’s climate funding is not scoring as many goals as it could. Yet, it’s leagues ahead of FIFA’s poor performance
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.
Carbon farming and other forms of nature-based temporary carbon sequestration will not store CO2 long enough to tackle the climate crisis nor help farmers. We need better tools, argues Sabine Frank.
Reducing emissions must remain the priority for policymakers, and should not be conflated with safeguarding natural carbon sinks or the sustainable usage of permanent removals. Carbon removals policy expert Fabiola De Simone explains.
Parties to the International Maritime Organisation are meeting in London to discuss various proposals to decarbonise the shipping sector. Carbon Market Watch gives our verdict over what’s on the table.
After receiving billions in state aid and free pollution subsidies to decarbonise its production, steel producer ArcerlorMittal put its clean steel projects on hold.
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.
A novel co-creation initiative involving a broad spectrum of stakeholders led to the development of a joint blueprint for carbon removals policies in the European Union.
No airline has yet been obliged to use a single carbon credit under the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). And when they will, CMW research reveals the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) imposes a carbon price on aviation emissions that is 25 times higher.
Despite the best efforts of activists and some climate negotiators, the agreement reached on Article 6 carbon markets at COP29 in Baku risks facilitating cowboy
The apparent progress made on Article 6 carbon markets during week 1 of the COP29 climate conference conceal many problematic fundamental and technical issues that remain unresolved.
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