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.
Don’t mess with the ETS
Carbon Market Watch outlines the priorities for the upcoming revision of the EU Emissions Trading System
Ensuring an ambitious implementation of ETS2
Carbon Market Watch is calling on the European Commission, the European Parliament and EU member states to ensure an ambitious and timely implementation of the Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2).
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.
ETS2 101 Guide
An introductory guide to the ETS2 (Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport), and the Social Climate Fund.
Webinar: A fair and effective ETS2 – how do we get there?
02 December 2025 | 14:00-15:30 CET | Online
Open letter on protecting the Social Climate Fund, following the suggestion to postpone ETS2
Carbon Market Watch supported this REScoop open letter on protecting the Social Climate Fund, following the suggestion to postpone ETS2. The letter signed by 43 organisations and coalitions details concerns regarding the latest developments around ETS2, and their potential implications on the Social Climate Fund. The Council’s and Parliament’s positions on the 2040 climate target …
Last chance to shore up EU’s 2040 climate target
As the European Union institutions prepare to embark on the final negotiations around the bloc’s diluted 2040 climate target, there is one last chance to shore up some of the goal’s loopholes for the good of the environment and society.
Open letter on MSR2 reform and suggestion to postpone ETS2
Following the recent announcement both of the proposed delay of introduction of ETS2 and also the proposed reforms to the Market Stability Reserve of the ETS2 concerns are raised by the European Environmental Bureau, Climate Action Network Europe, The Green Tank, Citizens Climate Europe, Ecodes, Fundación Renovelables, Rescoop, Leveo Munkacsoport, Electra Energy, Energiaklub, CDE.
