Urgent LIFE-saving intervention required for European environmental NGOs
Everyone concerned about the health of the planet and of our democracies needs to stand with European green groups as we resist a concerted political campaign to defund us.
EU must protect flagship climate policies against Big Oil’s green fuel failure and aviation sector attacks
The demand of airlines to ground or delay two flagship EU climate policies for the aviation sector would result in soaring emissions, delay decarbonisation and hurt the European Union’s efforts to become a clean tech leader. The EU must hold steady on its course.
Civil society and industry call for ETS2 lending facility to combat energy and transport poverty
Signatories believe that to better prepare member states for the implementation of ETS2, early access must be granted to revenue before the system begins in 2027.
Joint letter to establish an EU lending facility for ETS2 revenue for member states
Signatories believe that to better prepare member states for the implementation of ETS2, early access must be granted to revenue before the system begins in 2027.
An industrial deal, but not a clean deal
The European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus package supports big polluters while the EU’s climate goals are missing in action
EU carbon market pays polluters instead of financing clean industrial revolution, says new report
Heavy industries covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) received most of their pollution permits for free, effectively subsidising Europe’s dirtiest businesses, a new report by Carbon Market Watch and WWF reveals. This wasteful and inefficient policy cost society €40 billion.
EU scientific body’s call for separate binding climate targets aligns with civil society
In its freshly published report on scaling up carbon dioxide removals in the EU, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), established by the EU Climate Law, makes setting separate climate targets its number one recommendation. This aligns with what Carbon Market Watch and other stakeholders have been advocating.
Stop the steel: Despite hefty subsidies, ArcelorMittal backpedals on decarbonisation
After receiving billions in state aid and free pollution subsidies to decarbonise its production, steel producer ArcerlorMittal put its clean steel projects on hold.
EU ETS vs CORSIA: Which better navigates the turbulence of the climate crisis?
Carbon Market Watch commissioned environmental consultants Ricardo to produce a study comparing the functioning of the EU ETS and CORSIA, and their respective climate ambitions. In this policy briefing, we present the study’s main findings and formulate policy recommendations.
Project for fair and EFFECTive EU carbon trading policies officially springs into Life
Carbon Market Watch is campaigning alongside eight EU and national civil society organisations for the imminent Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings and the Social Climate Fund to deliver a fair and effective decarbonisation transition.
