How EU ETS in Portugal supports cyclists and helps birds to fly again
Portugal is using revenue from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to help finance its green transition, bankrolling everything from cycling infrastructure to nature…
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Can the EU’s expanded Emissions Trading System ensure a just transition for vulnerable Europeans and the climate?
The European Union’s expansion of the European Emissions Trading System, known as ETS2, will extend the “polluter pays” principle to buildings and road transport. This…
The ETX library is available!
Are you interested in learning more about the Emissions Trading System and how its policies have evolved since 2005? Now you have the chance to…
A breath of fresh air or an ill wind: The human benefits and costs of decarbonising coal regions
With its focus on tonnes of carbon dioxide discharged into the atmosphere, the EU’s Emissions Trading System can appear to be technical and immaterial to…
The European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
An opportunity for energy and industry transformation in Ukraine and the Western Balkans? Is the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism a trade barrier that burdens…
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Protectionist tax or climate protection tool?
How is the CBAM related to EU climate policy? And most importantly, can the two instruments increase global climate ambitions?
Navigating the opportunities and pitfalls of the EU carbon market for road transport and buildings
An online workshop organized by ZERO focused on the implementation challenges of ETS2, in particular the role of road transport and buildings in the policy mix for achieving climate neutrality in the European Union (EU). Moreover, the session provided valuable insight into the example of Germany, comparing the ETS2 with the German system of carbon trading for the non-ETS sectors.
EU carbon market reform: Between dark clouds and silver linings
The final deal to reform the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will bring down emissions, but not fast enough, and helps poor and vulnerable citizens during the transition but not as much as the freebies it lavishes upon fat cat industries.
GOING THE EXTRA (GREEN) MILE: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT IN THE CLIMATE TRANSITION
An online workshop organised by ZERO explored the importance of the EU Emissions Trading System in addressing the negative environmental impacts of air travel and…
