By 2030, the shipping sector needs to shrink its carbon footprint by almost half, yet the International Maritime Organisation's Net-Zero Framework will shave at most a tenth off the sector's emissions, our latest research reveals. carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/06/i...

The EU has the means to wave goodbye to fossil fuels by 2040, yet environment ministers have backed an unambitious climate target that unfairly shifts some of the burden for domestic climate action to the Global South and future generations. Read our reax: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/05/e...

Carbon market projects are meant to bring benefits to local communities and indigenous peoples but the reality is that they often cause them considerable harm. Here, representatives of the Maasai of northern Tanzania share their on-the-ground experiences and perspectives.

WATCH NOW🎬 Maasai interview: experiences with carbon market projects Current regulations to protect local communities in carbon markets present clear gaps and are not sufficient. Three Maasai representatives called out the hypocrisy of the offsetting logic. youtu.be/yUluca680VE

New carbon markets rules are being developed at the UN's Article 6 negotiations. A critical issue is "permanence" - how long does CO2 need to be stored to be credit-worthy. Corp influence is watering down the standard, reports @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/10/15/u...

🚢 The International Maritime Organisation is due to vote this week on its Net-Zero Framework. While the NZF is faulty, it is a necessary first port of call 🔎 Drawing on insights from our forthcoming study, we explain what is at stake and what needs to be done carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/10/14/i...

Plans to use “coal transition credits” to finance the early retirement of coal plants are under scrutiny. This report finds serious gaps in pilot projects in the Philippines⛔👇 Stay tuned for our report on Southeast Asia, which will come soon with expert insights!

💡Maasai activists from Tanzania were in Brussels to shed light on the neglected human rights dimension of carbon market projects. 📹 Listen to lawyer Joseph Moses Oleshangay. youtube.com/shorts/StizN... 📃 Read this article by @khaleddiab.bsky.social carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/10/09/e...

📃 17 MEPs sent a letter to the Commission calling for a lending facility to prepare for the Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport. We welcome this initiative and reiterate our call that this support should target vulnerable groups and boost climate action.

Diamonds and coal are both made of carbon but are not equivalent. Neither are carbon emissions and carbon removals. That is why we need to move beyond the ‘like-for-like’ principle used to justify offsetting. In this article, CMW's Daniel Orth explains why. carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/10/03/c...

It was enlightening to hear from representatives of the Maasai people how carbon market projects are encroaching on their customary land rights, disrupting their traditional grazing patterns and fuelling conflict You can (re)watch the @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social event here: youtu.be/J6_5rSYWSr8

Careful preparation including an inclusive stakeholder consultation by EU member states is key to ensure that nobody will be left behind in implementing the launch of EU carbon pricing for road transport and buildings (ETS2) in 2027.

Representatives of the Maasai community of northern Tanzania were in Brussels to shed light on the human rights and wrongs of carbon market projects. In collaboration with the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA), CMW was honoured to host them. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_5...

"We believe carbon credits are false climate solutions," Naipanoi, representative of the Maasai community, said during this morning's event. CMW sat down together with Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) from Northern Tanzania to discuss the risks and harms of carbon credit practices.

🚨 Join us next Monday to discover how carbon market projects affect the Maasai people❗ Join us to hear Maasai representatives share their experiences of the harmful impact of the soil carbon business in Tanzania and the positive alternatives offered by indigenous knowledge. 👁️✍ lnkd.in/eVTZsFhW

This event delves into the under-reported human rights dimension of carbon market projects and the neglected perspective of local and indigenous communities. Representatives of the Maasai will be in Brussels to share their experiences and insights.

🚨 SAVE YOUR PLACE to discover how carbon market projects affect the Maasai people❗ Join us to hear Maasai representatives share their experiences of the harmful impact of the soil carbon business in Tanzania and the positive alternatives offered by indigenous knowledge. 👁️✍ lnkd.in/eVTZsFhW

📢 What is energy & transport vulnerability? Already ⚡26.5% of #Greeks are energy vulnerable & 🚗13.9% transport vulnerable. 💶 #ETS2 could burden households by €833m–€1.6bn (2027-32). 📚Read The Green Tank & Facets study under #LIFEEffect 👉 shorturl.at/HPCSs

How do carbon market projects affect the Maasai people? Join us to hear Maasai representatives share their experiences of the harmful impact of the soil carbon business in Tanzania and the positive alternatives offered by indigenous knowledge. 👁️✍ bit.ly/4prTYIi

The richest 1% emit as much carbon pollution as the poorest 5 billion people combined ⚖️ Exploitation of earth’s resources is benefiting the wealthiest at the expense of the majority. Is our civilization worth risking for the wealthiest 1%? Read more at www.pollutingelite.earth #PollutingElite

At today’s ETS Talk our panelists Viktoria Noka, Rebeka Hengalová and Michał Wojtyło discussed the findings of a new Oeko-Institut report examining a case study of the social impacts of the policy in Czechia, Bulgaria and Poland. Check out the report here: life-effect.org/project/peop...

You can still register for today's ETS Talk here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/ets-t... Start: 2pm CEST 🕑 Location: Zoom 💻

United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Brussels this week to campaign for EU policymakers to adopt what he called a “common sense” approach to climate and energy policy. But his pitch makes no sense… not for the EU and certainly not for the climate. Here’s why: @ec.europa.eu

Keen to know more about the impact of the new EU Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) on households in central and eastern Europe? Then register for our online ETS Talk on Monday Start time: 2.00pm Registration and event info here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/ets-t...

ISO and the GHG Protocol announced plans today to unite their emissions accounting standards 🤝 Find out what is at stake, and why an inclusive process with civil society at the table is so important, in this joint article by ECOS and @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social 👇 ecostandard.org/news_events/...

​​A new report has dropped! ​‪@newclimate.bsky.social‬​ examined the corporate world’s carbon removal strategies: carbonmarketwatch.org/campaigns/ca...

🏭 The use of international carbon credits in the EU’s 2040 climate target could result in the outsourcing of 140 million tonnes to a whopping 430 million tonnes of emissions, our latest analysis reveals. It should be zero tonnes. Read our full analysis: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/09/05/e...

🎧 New Climate Confident Podcast out now! This episode unpacks big tech’s climate pledges from #CCRM2025. Prefer reading? 🔎Policy recs: carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/u... 📊Sector analyses (tech, food, fashion, auto): carbonmarketwatch.org/campaigns/co... 📅Coming soon: CDR strategies - stay tuned!

Join us on 15 September 2025 at 2pm (CEST) for an ETS Talk event, examining the impact of the new EU Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) on households in central and eastern Europe. For further details, and to register: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/ets-t...

👀For more in-depth reading check out the following Carbon Market Watch articles: carbonmarketwatch.org/2024/04/05/w... carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/04/w... carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w... carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/08/07/a...

Thanks for the opportunity to meet with you and your team. As we discussed, carbon credits are a false climate solution, yet are a central feature of the EU’s proposed 2040 climate target... 6️⃣Here are six reasons why there is no place for carbon credits in these plans

The new EU-US trade deal reflects how misguided attempts by Brussels to appease the Trump administration run counter to the EU’s environmental responsibility and undermine the bloc’s climate action. CMW's @khaleddiab.bsky.social explains why. carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/08/29/w... #climate #trump

Very good meeting today with @caneurope.org, @wwf.eu, @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social, and @transenv.bsky.social. We discussed the state of play ahead of #COP30, the 2040 climate target process, the EU’s Nationally Determined Contribution, as well as taxation initiatives.

✈️🚆 👀Watch Bastien and Jeanne discuss how funds raised from aviation pollution could be invested in, among other things, the kind of rail system we need: one that is more affordable and better connected. youtube.com/shorts/ANiQT... 👉To find out more read our report here: shorturl.at/9o5Bk

Without considerable improvements to the text, any projects or carbon credits certified under the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming scheme will: 👎Be low quality ⛔Undermine overall trust 🥴Set a low bar for climate policy 👁️ Read the core issues with the "permanent" methodologies here: bit.ly/3J9Yz1a

👁️Our latest assessment finds that Article 6.2 rulebook sets out a weak framework. As the rules stand now, it isn't robust enough to ensure the transparent trade of high-quality carbon credits, with troubling ramifications for global climate action. 📗Read here carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...

📬 New #LIFEEffect #newsletter is out! 🌍 #ETS2, the Social Climate Fund & the path to 2040: 📍🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 country insights + 🇪🇺 partner updates. 🔗 Read: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/... #CarbonPricing #SocialClimateFund #ClimateAction

✈️💸Right now, only a small portion of emissions are regulated for aviation in the EU Why is that?🤔 CMW's Bastien Bonnet-Cantalloube tells us more: www.youtube.com/shorts/XIpq1...

⛱️Looking for a good summer read? We’ve got you covered! 📖Our report with @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social dives into EU’s industrial #emissions and the urgent reforms needed to clean up EU heavy industries 🏭 From #steel to cement: the EU must do better to reach #NetZero 👇 www.wwf.eu?17150816/pr-...

In 2026 EU Emissions Trading Scheme rules will be revised, and it is high time the aviation industry starts to pay a fairer share for its pollution. The cards below explain more about how the EU regulation gifted €62.5 billion to the aviation industry during the last decade

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Here is how the #CO2olDown project participants are designing a regulatory blueprint to efficiently and sustainably finance ​carbon ​removals across the EU ➡️​ in the short, medium, and long term: youtube.com/shorts/EkU2u... 🔗 Follow along 👉​ carbonmarketwatch.org/campaigns-co...

🚗💨 Curious how the automotive industry is addressing its climate impact? If so, we’ve got you covered. CMW’s Benja Faecks takes you through the latest edition of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor in the video 👇 youtube.com/shorts/1Wzfo...

Camels, whales and breast-fed babies. They’ve all been put forward as ways to offset emissions. But are these zany ideas credible? CMW's Khaled Diab (@khaleddiab.bsky.social) investigated some of the weirdest carbon crediting ideas out there. carbonmarketwatch.org/2024/06/04/e...

More about the #CCRM methodology▶️ youtu.be/iypUTC390-U @newclimate.bsky.social

🔴 The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor ​​is out now. The results? Too many companies still hide behind vague promises, fuzzy maths, and voluntary commitments that fall short of what's needed: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/10/n...

🎯 What does the proposed EU 2040 target mean for climate action? 🔬 Our policy experts found that the 2040 blueprint is so riddled with (potential) loopholes that it risks seriously delaying urgent climate action. carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/04/w...

EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra outlined the EU's 2040 climate target plans. The announced flexiblities run contrary to the science outlined by the EU's own scientific advisory body and civil society. Our reaction: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w... #ClimateAction

🚨 €86bn at risk. Most EU countries missed the deadline to submit their Social Climate Plans - roadmaps that are key to protecting low-income households from the EU’s carbon price in 2027 Check out our full response here: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/01/e...