The upcoming ETS TALK, ‘(Un)conditional support to top polluting sectors in Europe: do they pay, or do we pay?’, will explore how the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) continues to provide free allowances to heavy polluting industries like steel, cement, and chemicals while asking citizens to pay for their emissions.

Three new reports will guide the discussion: Clean Industrial Revolution in Europe (CMW/WWF), which examines how carbon pricing can drive decarbonisation; Dirty Thirty (WWF Germany), which highlights the top polluting industrial sites, with a focus on ThyssenKrupp; and France’s 50 Industrial Sites (RAC France), which evaluates conditionalities in French legislation.

The session will also connect these findings to the LIFE Effect project, which is analysing the impact of the EU ETS2 – the EU’s new emissions trading scheme that applies carbon pricing to buildings and road transport – on citizens and households, raising questions about fairness and revenue distribution.

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Agenda – 25 February 2025

• Introduction. Islene Façanha (ZERO) 1130-1135
• Presentation of the report ‘Clean industrial revolution in Europe: How the EU carbon market can accelerate decarbonisation by making polluters’ pay by CMW/WWF. Lidia Tamellini (CMW) and Camille Maury (WWF EPO) 1135-1155
• Dirty Thirty report. Lisa Okken (WWF Germany) 1155-1205
• France 50 industrial sites. Aurélie Brunstein (RAC France) 1205-1215
• Q&A. Ana Muller (ZERO) 1215-1235
• Closing remarks. Islene Façanha (ZERO) 1235-1240