Sent to EU environment ministers ahead of the Environment Council meeting of 20 December 2021, this joint letter demands that EU member states end the damaging practice of issuing free permits to energy-intensive industries under the Emissions Trading System (ETS).
The signatories to the letter are partners in Life ETX, a project led by Carbon Market Watch which seeks to empower civil society to enhance climate governance around the ETS.
In 2012, it was undoubtedly the main reason for backing down: the EU had dropped its plan to cover all flights departing from and arriving
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 Market Watch presents a unique, first-of-its-kind report pairing EU ETS account holders (and their installations) to their parent companies, assessing the highest level of
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