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Sam Van den plas
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🚢 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...
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🚨 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.

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🚨 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
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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.

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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...
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WWF EU @wwf.eu · Sep 11
🚨Most of Europe’s steel is made with coal

😷The cost? Communities choking on pollution, people facing higher disease risks, and lives cut short.

🚗Carmakers rely on this steel. But they can also drive change by demanding green steel

Learn more 👇
leadthecharge.org/steel/?_orde...
#GreenSteel #IAA25
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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...
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Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.

I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
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Will you be the next colleague to join our team?

We are looking for two new members to join Carbon Market Watch:

- Policy Officer on aviation & shipping (until 15Aug)
- Operations Support Assistant (until 22Aug)

✍ Find out full information and the application forms at carbonmarketwatch.org/jobs/
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🚗💨 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...
The climate strategies of the automotive industry
YouTube video by Carbon Market Watch
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Thanks for that reminder and "much pain, little gain" still applies today. I fear soon we'll need to start debating export rebates for downstream products... ;-/
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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
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · Jun 23
📣 Don’t scrap Green Claims Directive, NGOs ECOS, @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social, @clienteartheur.bsky.social & @eeb.org say.

EU consumers need a strong Directive to deter false claims, but concerning reports suggest the proposal is in jeopardy.

Joint press release 👇
ecostandard.org/news_events/...
Don’t scrap Green Claims Directive, NGOs say - ECOS
European consumers need a strong Green Claims Directive to deter false claims, say environmental groups.
ecostandard.org
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The EU Emissions Trading System is vital for the European Union’s 2040 climate target. Watering the EU ETS down with international carbon credits or carbon removals will prove fatal.

This is the conclusion of our latest study with
@oekoinstitut.bsky.social

carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/06/18/f...
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Watering down the EU Emissions Trading System with international carbon credits or carbon removals will prove fatal, as revealed at today's Carbon Pricing Hub, which showcased the findings of the study 'The EU ETS and the 2040 Climate Target'.

💻 Stay tuned to watch the recording at life-effect.org
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📉 International offsets are not a substitute for real climate action!

📚 Scientists say AT LEAST 90–95% DOMESTIC cuts needed and beneficial

⏳ It's time to act with urgency and integrity!

Read more: caneurope.org/dont-outsour...

#EU2040 #ClimateScience
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Join the #CarbonPricingHub on 18 June @ 14:30 CET! We’ll dive into how ETS1 & ETS2 can support the EU’s 2040 climate goal – with a fresh report by Oeko-Institut & @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social. Panel includes @euclimateaction.bsky.social, Stegra Steel & more. Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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🌍 We've joined a broad coalition of to call on EU leaders to not outsource climate action in the #2040Target

🛑 International offsets = weaker ambition, slower transition & loss of credibility

✅ The EU must lead with real, domestic reductions!

Read more: caneurope.org/dont-outsour...