European Parliament’s compromise vote on EU carbon market compromises our ability to prevent climate breakdown

Despite some progress and a number of hardwon victories for the climate, MEPs on the European Parliament’s environment committee failed to raise the ambition of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to a level that would avoid catastrophic temperature Mehr

Europe is taking the lead on pricing pollution from ships

Key dates  24-28 May: IMO Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships  14-18 June: IMO 76th Marine Environmental Protection Committee The Parliament, EU member states and the Commission trilogue negotiations on the MRV rules for the collection of data Mehr

EU needs to step up efforts to price aviation emissions

Key dates: June 2021: Publication of the Commission proposal to review the EU ETS and implement CORSIA Imminent: the European Commission was mandated to publish, before CORSIA becomes operational, a report about CORSIA and how to implement it in the Mehr

Global carbon markets must be climate (not greenwashing!) tools

Key dates:  The COP26 was postponed until November 2021, the dates for UNFCCC “inter-sessional” climate conferences for 2021 are not set yet 25 January: High-level “Davos Dialogues” The presentation of the “Carney Taskforce” report on scaling voluntary carbon markets Governments didn’t Mehr

The EU’s climate policy super year is the last chance to tackle industrial pollution

Key dates: 5 February: Deadline for public consultations on the EU emissions trading system, effort sharing regulation and land-use, land-use change and forestry regulation 22-26 February: EU industry days  23 March: Deadline for public consultation on the industrial emissions directive Mehr