During the course of the new European Commission mandate, Member States are expected to raise more than 200billion in EU ETS revenues. Industry groups and governments are claiming these revenues to cover for their own costs, fill financial gaps, with little consideration to system needs and the principles guiding the ETS Directive. These revenues need …
Read more “Joint letter – EU ETS revenues from polluters to the people”
Our latest report discusses how carbon credits from renewable energy projects are in oversupply and fail to deliver additional climate benefits
Our latest report discusses how carbon credits from renewable energy projects are in oversupply and fail to deliver additional climate benefits
The eighth ETS Talk will explore how the use of revenue from the ETS presents tangible risks, but also offers a unique opportunity to create co-benefits from carbon pricing.
A new report by Carbon Market Watch has raised concerns over a lack of transparency and accountability within the unregulated voluntary carbon market caused by the unavailability of important project documents from the four biggest carbon crediting standards.
The jetsetting ideal of the men’s tennis tour is helping to push the climate towards break(ing) point. So if offsetting isn’t the fix that the ATP is hoping for what is?
Carbon Market Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the United States’ Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposed guidance on the voluntary carbon market (VCM). Regulating financial transactions in the VCM, including but not limited to futures transactions, is important to plug some of the most gaping holes in the current VCM infrastructure. Financial …
Read more “Carbon Market Watch response to the CFTC’s proposed guidance on Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts”
Before the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body’s 10th meeting from 26 February to 1 March 2024, Carbon Market Watch prepared inputs on the draft document, “Concept note: Operation of the mechanism registry (v01.0)”. The mechanism registry will be a core part of the Article 6 infrastructure, and all activity- and unit-related data must be made accessible to …
Read more “CMW inputs to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body ahead of its 10th meeting: Operation of the mechanism registry”
Merry ETSmas!
The EU through its Emissions Trading System giftwraps free pollution permits to 30 grossly wealthy energy production and heavy industry companies causing 25% of the bloc’s emissions.
Over the 12 days of ETSMas we counted down the EU’s luckiest polluters.