MEPs must veto proposal to release allowances from the Market Stability Reserve to finance REPowerEU

Carbon Market Watch and other green NGOs express their grave concern about the European Commission’s proposal to generate €20 billion from the auctioning of allowances held in the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) in order to finance measures to help fund the REPowerEU plan, which includes gas and oil …

March newsletter editorial: The Ukraine tragedy and the heavy price of war

The horror playing out in Ukraine disturbs and distresses the Carbon Market Watch team. We have discussed it amongst ourselves. We have expressed our solidarity with those who are affected. We share their anger at the Russian regime’s unwarranted aggression, senseless bloodshed and escalating destruction. We have joined Ukrainian activists in asking for the international …

Harnessing people power to reduce emissions

A new project led by Carbon Market Watch seeks to empower European civil society to shape the EU’s Emissions Trading System and carbon pricing policies. Carbon Market Watch launched Emissions Trading eXtra (ETX) earlier this month. This new project aims to enhance European climate governance and optimise the functioning of the EU’s carbon market, the …