Annual report 2023
In this annual report, we’ve compiled Carbon Market Watch’s highlights of 2023 and the successes we achieved. We could not have accomplished this without the talent, passion and dedication of our staff.
In this annual report, we’ve compiled Carbon Market Watch’s highlights of 2023 and the successes we achieved. We could not have accomplished this without the talent, passion and dedication of our staff.
Foreword by Sabine Frank The top story of 2022 was, sadly, the Russian invasion of and war in Ukraine. Beyond the emotional toll of watching the human cost of warfare, it had an impact on CMW’s work, too. The EU’s imposition of sanctions on Russia and its quest to gain energy independence from Moscow, sent …
Foreword In many ways, 2021 was a year of pivotal moments that set the stage for CMW’s work to come. In July, the European Commission announced the Fit for 55 package. The CMW team eagerly awaited the press conference, which started with a two-hour delay because some Commissioners had reservations about the package until the …
Foreword That 2020 was an exceptional year is to state the obvious, just as terrible human impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic are painfully still continuing in Europe and across the world, however unevenly. It is not to minimise these negative impacts so much as to strengthen our efforts to move towards a genuinely sustainable form …
Foreword 2019 was an exciting and full year for Carbon Market Watch (CMW). On the wings of the global youth movement asking for better climate protection, the issue of climate change gained prominence it had never achieved before. It was finally brought to the attention of policymakers in a manner that will hopefully be sustained …
Foreword Carbon markets can work well if designed well. However, as Carbon Market Watch has shown time and again, the technical details of how they are designed determine whether they will result in real emissions reductions or reductions just on paper. Carbon markets are complex and opaque, shielding policy-makers from the public eye while industries …