Carbon pricing continuing to drive shift to clean heating, says German minister
Germany’s environment minister has underlined the importance of carbon pricing to fund the move to clean heating, with revenues being earmarked to support households switching to heat pumps.
Read MoreEU lobby groups misrepresent member opposition to ETS, says NGO
EU industry trade groups are misaligned with many of their own members’ support for the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), according to an analysis of companies’ public positions.
Read MoreEU must hold firm on carbon pricing ambition as geopolitical leverage -report
The EU is facing renewed pressure to weaken its carbon market and methane rules as global energy tensions rise, but analysts warn that doing so risks undermining both energy security and economic stability.
Read MoreCivil society groups call for Brussels to extend scope of EU ETS to all departing flights
Civil society and industry representatives are urging the European Commission to extend the scope of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to all departing flights from Europe, in a bid to bolster the aviation sector’s emissions coverage and carbon price signal.
Read MoreECS26: Price-based carbon market intervention can make EU ETS more reactive and predictable, experts say
As the EU carbon market becomes tighter, the ability to respond quickly to price swings will become essential in the coming years, experts told a recent conference, calling for price-based triggers to activate the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) instead of the current system based on verified emissions, which are published only once per year.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Angola moves to publish carbon market draft law in 2026, advocacy group says
Angola’s government is working on legislation to establish a national emissions trading system (ETS) and to structure its participation in international carbon markets, a policy advocate engaged in the process told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreECS26: FEATURE – Dented investor confidence as EU carbon market grapples with policy risk, political pressure
The EU carbon market is being increasingly shaped by political intervention, macroeconomic uncertainty, and shifting structural drivers, experts said, warning that investor confidence has been severely dented.
Read MoreEuro Markets: EU, UK carbon prices drift early before trading in very narrow range as market eyes Iran talks
European and UK carbon prices weakened on Monday, with both markets trading in a very narrow range after initial volatility. while energy markets initially jumped after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to the seizure by US forces of one of its commercial vessels and then quietened as traders waited for news on peace talks.
Read MoreEU industries, Spain pile pressure on Brussels to stall hike in ETS benchmarks
A group of heavy industrial companies and trade lobbies, the ceramic industry’s association, and the Spanish government have all expressed concerns to the European Commission about its incoming update to the benchmarks used to determine how many free EU ETS allowances to hand out, according to documents seen by Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBerlin floats using Article 6 units in EU carbon market to ease pressure on industry -media
Germany has proposed allowing international Article 6 carbon credits into the EU’s Market Stability Reserve as part of broader plans to retool the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) around industrial competitiveness, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.
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