Update of the EU ETS free allocation rules: Polluting for free during a climate crisis
Update of the EU ETS free allocation rules: Polluting for free during a climate crisis In this joint op-ed, first featured in Carbon Pulse, Sandbag policy officer Aymeric Amand and Carbon Market Watch policy expert Lidia Tamellini examine the revision of the Free...
What’s new in the ETS trilogues? Benchmark revisions (or not!)
A big win for a handful of powerful lobbies. A big loss for everyone else. This weekend, the European Commission, Parliament, and Council are set to finalise an important reform of the EU’s carbon market in the final round of their “trilogue” (trilogues are informal...
ETS and CBAM should not discourage circularity
ETS and CBAM should not discourage circularity The reform of the European carbon market (ETS, for Emissions Trading Scheme) and related Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will define the future of the circular economy for years to come. These two files are in...
2nd ETS trilogue: EU institutions agreed on almost nothing, except on perpetuating free allocation for the steel giants
The second ETS trilogue took place last week on October 11th. Tabled proposals on benchmarks regarding the steel…