Dilution doesn’t fix pollution: ETS2 must work for people and climate
The Commission planted a carbon bomb in its proposal to reform the supply control mechanism within the EU’s carbon pricing scheme for road transport and buildings.
ETS2 – early auctioning of allowances
Carbon Market Watch welcomes this Commission initiative and believes that early auctioning of 450 million ETS2 allowances should be taken forward. The effectiveness of the ETS2 to deliver meaningful and timely greenhouse gas emission reductions is being undermined by various initiatives, such as the watering down of the system through weakening the MSR and the one-year delay decided during the EU Climate Law revision.
Webinar: A fair and effective ETS2 – how do we get there?
02 December 2025 | 14:00-15:30 CET | Online
Why the MSR2 non-paper should be a non-starter
This explainer highlights the risks such changes will create in terms of generating higher emissions and the dangers politically of opening up different legislative instruments.
ETS Talk: Making carbon pricing for road transport and building work for central and eastern Europe
15 September 2025 | 14.00-15:30 CET | Online
Carbon Pricing Hub: The EU ETS and the EU 2040 climate target
18 June 2025 | 14.30-16.00 CET | Online
FAQ: Social Climate Fund
Our latest FAQ has the answers to everything you always wanted to know about the Social Climate Fund
Building resilience: Using expanded Emissions Trading System to tackle the climate crisis and energy poverty
Although the enlarged Emissions Trading System will impose a cost on emissions from buildings, the revenues it generates should be used to decarbonise European homes and to eradicate energy poverty. Some trailblazing projects showcase these possibilities.
Designing a sound EU carbon market for buildings and transport
We can draw vital lessons from the functioning of the EU’s current Emissions Trading System to expand it to the building and transport sectors in a way that serves the climate and advances social justice. In its current shape, the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is far from perfect. It falls short on overall …
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