📢 We’re hiring! 👀 CMW is looking for a passionate, strategic and enthusiastic policy officer to support our work on the decarbonisation of international transport 🚢✈️ 🫵 Are you interested? We want to hear from you! 📍 Brussels, Belgium 🗓️ Apply by: 17 August 💻 carbonmarketwatch.org/jobs/policy-...

Sign & share → life-effect.org/petition/ The Social Climate Fund exists. The framework exists. But support will not reach people without strong national social climate plans. Governments know what is needed. Now they must deliver for those most exposed to energy and transport poverty.

Sign the petition 👉 life-effect.org/petition/ The Social Climate Fund exists to help make the shift away from fossil fuels fairer. But without strong Social Climate Plans support will not reach the people most exposed to energy and transport poverty.

Why are some of Europe's biggest steelmakers pushing to weaken the #EUETS? Since 2020, ArcelorMittal, thyssenkrupp & voestalpine have relined coal based blast furnaces representing 26 Mt of annual capacity—locking in coal-based production for another 15–20 years.

The Social Climate Fund was created to help make the transition away from fossil fuels fairer. For it to work, national plans must spend this money to support those most exposed to energy and transport poverty. Read more 👉 life-effect.org/petition/

🖱️REGISTER NOW: What’s happening with UN carbon markets in your country? How to find, analyse, and use key Article 6 information. 📅 14 July 2026 | 13:00-14:30 CET📍ONLINE 💻 Learn more and register here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/whats...

Spinning extra emissions as 'more firepower' bodes ill for the upcoming ETS1 reform and by extension the future competitiveness of the EU The EU must do more to help households through the necessary transition, rather than weaken environmental policy See more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/carbon...

☝️FIFA committed to cut their emissions in half by 2030, and reach net-zero by 2040. 🥅Yet, the 2026 World Cup moves the goalposts out of sight. 📖Read here how FIFA can get onside with delivering on its commitments: carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/06/10/f...

🌍Can the Turkish Emissions Trading System (ETS) cut emissions and shield industry from the costs of the EU’s carbon pricing scheme for imports? 🔗Read our new publication to explore the full analysis and recommendations: carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...

🤔What must EU policymakers consider ahead of this year’s revision of the Emissions Trading Scheme? ⏭️Read Carbon Market Watch’s 10 point plan designed to make sure lawmakers keep this most crucial EU climate policy on track: carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...

⏳Less than two weeks left to tell the Commission not to use international carbon credits in the EU’s 2040 target! 🎯Carbon Market Watch has outlined our position. 📖Read it here: carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...

🖱️REGISTER NOW Our latest ETS Talk explores how the impacts of the current fossil fuel crisis are affecting carbon pricing of road transport and buildings (ETS2) and the Social Climate Fund. 📅 27 April 2026 | 14:00-15:30 CET📍ONLINE 🧷 For more info and to register: life-effect.org/2026/04/21/c...

🖱️REGISTER NOW 🔮Carbon Market Watch and Climact invite you to look into the future of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). 📅 7 May 2026 | 11:00-12:00 CET📍ONLINE 💻Register and learn more here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/the-f...

🖱️REGISTER NOW Join us to discuss how Europe's flawed and overreliant approach to carbon removal threatens the climate and what can be done about it. 📅 29 April 2026 | 10:00-11:30 CET📍ONLINE 🔗Register and learn more here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/webin...

Read our letter here 👇 carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...

75+ partners representing civil society and business associations are calling on EU policymakers to ensure an ambitious implementation of the Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) and no more delay

Not only are elite oil and gas companies the voluntary carbon market’s biggest customers, they also indirectly influence and shape the carbon crediting rulebook. 🛢️Check out our new report to learn more about this 'oil spill': carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...

The GHGP Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) is finally out. Stay tuned for our full analysis of the LSRS in a couple of weeks, in which we will share our take on what this means for removals safeguards and our recommendations for companies using the standard.

Today we launched the Article 6 Observatory, an independent platform designed to enhance the transparency, accountability, and engagement in the operationalisation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. 🌐 For more information visit article6observatory.org

🖱️REGISTER NOW Join us today for the launch of the Article 6 Observatory, a platform of leading academics and civil society experts dedicated to providing independent insights into the structure and use of Article 6. Start time: 17:00 CET 📍ONLINE 🔗Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Correlation ≠ causation There is no proven or provable link between companies investing in carbon credits and their internal emission levels. The narrative must shift away from greenwishing and towards credible climate strategies 🧐 🔗Find out more bit.ly/4qeOhwH 👁️Watch the webinar bit.ly/4tekLK0

The EU’s policymaking process is increasingly being influenced by business lobbies and guided by political expediency and whim. This uninformed approach risks doing more harm than good. Let's make impact assessments great again, urges CMW's Wijnand Stoefs. carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/01/19/m...

🖱️REGISTER NOW Join us for presentation of the @oekoinstitut.bsky.social study, “National Targets and the ETS in a Post‑2030 Climate Target Architecture,” followed by commentary from @lenaats.bsky.social 📆 27 January | 2 PM 📍 Online 🔗Full agenda & registration: life-effect.org/2026/01/20/e...

💡Would pricing agricultural emissions make the cost of cleaner alternatives more competitive and raise revenue for a just transition? 📄 Our latest briefing unpacks the potential and limitations of a possible future Emissions Trading System for Agriculture (Agri-ETS). 🔗 shorturl.at/rRUBs

Can carbon credits wean the power sector off its coal dependency? Our latest briefing finds that Verra's proposed methodology for retiring coal-fired power plants is not fit for purpose. Verra needs to go back to the drawing board. Read our press release: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/12/15/c...

💶 After months of co-creation, the CMW-led CO2ol Down initiative is presenting in Brussels this morning its vision for the financing of permanent carbon removals in the European Union The centrepiece of this vision is a proposed EU regulation Read it here: carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...

🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS What are the alternatives to offsetting? This new report explores climate impact funds, their limitations and the conditions under which they can help companies take responsibility for their ongoing emissions through transparent, high integrity climate action. 👁️ bit.ly/48sJJf7

How will carbon pricing for road transport and buildings deliver for climate and people?🤔 Read our 🆕 ETS2 101 guide to learn everything you need to know: life-effect.org/training-mod...

⛓️‍💥Those involved in the voluntary carbon market draw comfort from the narrative that carbon credits bolster corporate climate ambition. But is there any truth to this claim? 🎥 (Re-)watch last week's webinar to find out: bit.ly/3M9T4Bh 👁️ Read our briefing: bit.ly/44AHZ2f

The new Commission’s proposal to dilute the Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) with more emission allowances risks radically increasing emissions‼️ Join our webinar ‘A fair and effective ETS2 – how do we get there?’ on 2 December 👉 bit.ly/4iwKloY