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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.
Presidential pardon gives no-cost airlines the all clear
Expanding the EU ETS to all departing EEA flights, including those operated by US airlines, is crucial to generate much needed revenue and spark aviation’s green transition.
With or without penalties, CORSIA doesn’t score for the climate
The International Civil Aviation Organisation hailed its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as a global, harmonised answer to aviation’s growing climate impact. Yet the reality is very different: patchy enforcement, limited coverage, and heavy reliance on problematic offsetting with carbon credits.
Limousines of the sky: EU must make private jet travellers pay for their pollution
Despite being the most climate-damaging form of travel, private jet use has reached record highs, yet most flights are exempt from paying a carbon price, and all are exempt from fuel taxes. This must end.
Fuelling the future: Financing sustainable transport through expanded EU carbon market
The European Commission’s Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP) is a promising step towards promoting cleaner fuels in aviation and maritime transport. However, directing revenue from the EU Emissions Trading System towards these sectors should go hand in hand with expanding the EU ETS to cover all shipping and aviation emissions.
International Maritime Organisation’s flagship decarbonisation tool a drop in the ocean for climate action, study finds
The International Maritime Organisation’s stalled Net-Zero Framework has the potential to shave a mere tenth off the carbon footprint of shipping by 2030, which is only a drop in the ocean of what the Paris Agreement requires, our latest study finds. Given the recent delay to the NZF and the framework’s weaknesses, it is up to individual countries and regional blocs to strengthen climate efforts
How to advocate for fair and effective EU carbon markets
This guide outlines critical policy recommendations ahead of the review of ETS1 and on ETS2 implementation. This advocacy guide includes practical tools to assist civil society allies, including key narratives and messages, strategic advocacy moments, a timeline, main stakeholders involved in the policy-making process, and key readings and resources.
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.
