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EU risks long-term pain for short-term gain by watering down ETS, warns NGO

Published 23:01 on March 23, 2026 / Last updated at 11:49 on March 18, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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Cutting corners on EU climate targets to ease short-term energy price pressures – for example, by weakening the Emissions Trading System (ETS) – would erode Europe’s industrial base in the long run, an NGO has warned.
Cutting corners on EU climate targets to ease short-term energy price pressures – for example, by weakening the Emissions Trading System (ETS) – would erode Europe’s industrial base in the long run, an NGO has warned.


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