Europe is creating fiscal space for the transition. How can Italy make use of it?
It is essential to seize this opportunity to support Italian households and businesses through the energy transition.
MFF proposal risks weakening the Social Climate Fund’s promise to vulnerable households
Integrating the Social Climate Fund (SCF) into the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) is not problematic. The decisive issue is under which conditions this integration takes place. In its current form, the MFF proposal significantly weakens the SCF’s ability to deliver on its original purpose: providing targeted support to vulnerable households affected by the new emissions trading system ETS2.
€85bn delayed: 19 EU countries still haven’t filed their social climate plans a year on
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
Dilution doesn’t fix pollution: ETS2 must work for people and climate
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
EU ETS 2025: Slowing progress and divergence from 2030 targets
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%).
ETS Talk: Carbon pricing (ETS2) and the Social Climate Fund, where do we stand?
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
Carbon pricing (ETS2) and the Social Climate Fund – where do we stand, and what are the impacts of the current fossil fuel crisis?
This ETS Talk will explore how rising energy prices, evolving EU policies, and the National Social Climate Plans (NSCPs) are influencing a fair and effective transition under the Social Climate Fund
ETS and national targets: Building a fair post-2030 climate architecture
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.
ETS Talk – ETS & national targets: building a fair post‑2030 climate architecture
ETS Talk on national targets and the ETS in a post‑2030 climate target architecture
Lessons from ETS1 for ETS2
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.
ETS Talk – Lessons from ETS1 to ETS2: Insights for fair and effective climate investments
The next ETS Talk session will present a new study, led by the Reform Institute, which examines how ETS1 revenues have been invested across five EU member states: Germany, France, Poland, Italy, and Spain.
Rewatch: A fair and effective ETS2 – how do we get there?
On Tuesday 2 December, the LIFE Effect consortium launched its ETS2 101 guide together with a panel discussion on the consequences of recent changes of carbon pricing for road transport and buildings in the EU.