ETS TALK: (Un)conditional Support to Top Polluting Sectors in Europe: Do They Pay, or Do We Pay?”
Discussion on how the EU’s upcoming Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport (ETS2) can be leveraged to truly benefit society, particularly the communities most affected by its impacts
(Un)conditional support to top polluting sectors in Europe: Do they pay, or do we pay?
This event discusses 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.
U-turn on EU’s Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings carries huge environmental, social and economic price tag
A small number of politicians are pushing to reverse course on the Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2). However, such a u-turn would fuel the climate crisis and cost European society and the economy dearly. Member states have all the tools to roll out ETS2 fairly and effectively but they need to act now.
ETS Talk – Maximising the Social Climate Fund: Spending measures for a just transition
This event explored the transformative role of the Social Climate Fund (SCF) in addressing energy and transport poverty while enabling a fair transition to a fossil-free future.
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. CMW’s...
EU governments miss crucial deadline to pass new Emissions Trading System into national legislation
All but one European Union member state have fallen foul of the date to enter the new Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) in the national law books. This delay sends completely the wrong signal, argues Eleanor Scott. Over the summer, the...
