Proliferating Carbon Markets: Can the EU ETS Drive Climate Action Outside of the EU?
SUMMARY: At a time when few would contest that climate change presents the great existential challenge of our era, it is remarkable that globally, carbon…
Topics: Just transition
Impacts of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the Western Balkans and Ukraine: policy options for governments
SUMMARY: Is the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism a trade barrier that burdens the economies of the countries concerned? Or can it be a driving…
The EU as a normative power?
SUMMARY: This policy brief explores different options for the EU to promote the integrity of corporate climate action through activities within as well as outside…
EU ETS 101: A Beginner’s Guide to the EU’s Emissions Trading System
SUMMARY: This beginner’s guide to the EU ETS aims to build knowledge and understanding of Europe’s carbon market for civil society organisations who have little…
Umsetzung des ETS II und des Klima-Sozialfonds in Deutschland
SUMMARY: The 2027 launch of an EU level carbon price on transport and heating will make an important contribution to the EU’s efforts towards achieving…
Advocating for Fair and Effective Carbon Pricing at National Level
SUMMARY: This report investigates the impact of the EU ETS revision in its initial stages at national level and highlights areas for intervention and improvement.…
A socially-just EU renovation wave
Key Takeaways The EU’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has to be a socially-just transition that includes all segments of society if…
For a fair and effective industrial climate transition
ABSTRACT: Europe’s industrial base needs to undergo a swift and persistent transformation towards carbon neutrality and circularity, but this transition must happen in a fair…
A discourse analysis of yellow-vest resistance against carbon taxes
ABSTRACT Carbon taxation is a core instrument for climate mitigation. Its implementation, however, faces popular resistance. In this paper, we study one of the most…
A just transition towards a coal-free steel industry: perspectives from labour
Abstract Limiting global warming to ‘safe’ levels will require rapid and radical reductions of greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the global economy. The…
