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A civil society coalition launches public ‘Leave fossil fuels behind, not people!’ petition and demands member state action on the first anniversary of missed deadline to apply for Social Climate Fund financing
The European 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. EU decisionmakers meeting on June 10 must mitigate the damage of the proposal and take the chance to increase earmarked funding for vulnerable households in the energy transition
Emissions from the four sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in the EU-27 remained largely unchanged in 2025 (-1.7%).
On 27 April, three experts gathered for the latest ETS Talk to discuss ETS2, the EU’s new carbon pricing system for transport and heating, where we currently stand, and the impacts of the ongoing fossil fuel crisis.Â
If properly designed, the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and national targets can effectively complement each other and jointly contribute to achieving the EU’s proposed 2040 climate target of a 90% net emissions reduction compared to 1990 levels.
The lesson from ETS1 is therefore not that revenue use has failed, but that legitimacy cannot be taken for granted. ETS2 will succeed politically only if carbon pricing is visibly linked to fair, effective and socially conscious investment.
