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...
✉️ Take action: Email national authorities or the European Commission 🔗 buildbetterlives.eu/2026/02/19/n...
National Building Renovation Plans #NBRP are overdue -many governments missed the first deadlines. Citizens have a right to be heard in decisions that affect their future.
#BuildBetterLives
⚡ The #ETS2 Frontloading Facility has been approved by the @eib.org !
👉 Early funding can support vulnerable households before ETS2 auctions begin
📣 Together with 17 orgs we call for clean energy, sustainable mobility & strong transparency
⏩ MS: accelerate Social Climate Plans!
📄 shorturl.at/7FQF6
🌹Roses are red
🩵Blue is the sky
✈️It’s high time private jet users
💸Pay a fair price when they fly
Our latest article explains how the EU Emissions Trading System can start making high flyers pay for their pollution: carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/02/12/l...
Join us, @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social and @fern.org in this pressing event to discuss the EU’s new rulebook for certifying permanent #CarbonRemovals that could undermine environmental efforts and deter polluters from reducing their emissions.
🔗Register here
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Join us in this pressing event to discuss the EU’s new rulebook for certifying permanent carbon removals that could undermine environmental efforts and deter polluters from reducing their emissions.
Learn more and register here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/why-t...
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
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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...
📄The European Commission’s proposed EU Buyers Club for carbon removals will not help the green transition.
📗The CO2ol Down project proposes a workable alternative that develops permanent removals while slashing emissions.
Read more here:
carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/01/29/t...
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
🚩Treating carbon removals as a substitute for in-house emission cuts does not help the fight against climate change.
It’s essentially greenwashing.
🏢So how can companies incorporate removals responsibly?
📹 CMW Fabiola De Simone walks you through it in this video.
youtube.com/shorts/PUf5O...
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...
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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
Sierra Leone carbon market project demonstrates more equitable benefit sharing is possible @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/12/03/s...
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...
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: shorturl.at/NzjlI
#LifeEffect #ETS2
@carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social
🔥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
The European Commission published its Communication for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy yesterday.
Read our reaction 👇
For more information:
🔗European Commission Bioeconomy Communication:
shorturl.at/QF6WV
😎🤓 Here's an invitation from the CO2olest kids in town.
Join us for a presentation of the co-created EU carbon removals financing framework prototype.
📆 3 December | 10 AM
📍 Blankspace | Rue d’Arlon 80, Brussels & online
🔗Full agenda & registrations at carbonmarketwatch.org/events/launc...
⛓️💥 'The weak link: Do carbon credits actually accelerate decarbonisation?' is hot off the press
The briefing scrutinises the persistent hypothesis among advocates of the voluntary carbon market that carbon credits boost climate ambition.
👁️ bit.ly/4ojmnic
🎫 Join tomorrow's webinar: bit.ly/4pxs3Gg
Is there a link between companies using carbon credits and their climate ambition?
🎥 CMW's Benja Faecks takes you through it in the video.
🔗To find out more, read our press release: carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...
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📅 2 December 2025 | 14:00-15:30 CET 📍ONLINE
What are the consequences of proposed changes to the carbon pricing for road transport and buildings (ETS2)?
Find out in this panel discussion
🔗https://carbonmarketwatch.org/events/webinar-a-fair-and-effective-ets2-how-do-we-get-there
At COP30, while public statements talked up "high quality" carbon markets, concerted efforts were made in negotiations to water down the already inadequate Article 6 rule book.
Our conclusion: countries must fix Article 6 and not use carbon credits.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/22/c...
As the European Union institutions prepare to embark on the final negotiations around the bloc’s diluted 2040 climate target, there is one last chance to shore up some of the goal’s loopholes for the good of the environment and society.
Here's how.
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