Policy and regulation news

Verra Expands Project Review Prioritization Pilot (opens Verra in a new tab)

• Voluntary market
• Policy and regulation

EU ETS amendments: what matters (opens Sandbag in a new tab)

Our position paper analyses the proposals by the Commission and EU ETS rapporteur MEP Peter Liese and presents Sandbag's proposals.

• EU ETS
• Policy and regulation

Industry and NGOs lobby to weaken UN carbon credit rules in “coordinated” push (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)

In copycat submissions and a private briefing to government officials, the groups have opposed a proposal to tighten safeguards for emissions offsets

• Policy and regulation

EU ETS review: impacts on the market balance (opens Sandbag in a new tab)

In this brief, we analyse how the proposed changes will impact the supply and demand balance of the emission allowance market.

• EU ETS
• Policy and regulation

Remarks by Executive Vice-President Ribera and Commissioners Hoekstra and Jørgensen at the press conference on the EU Emission Trading System review and the Electrification Action Plan (opens European Commission in a new tab)

Executive Vice-President Ribera Thank you very much, and thank you for joining us today. We are presenting a set of important proposals. Recent weeks, and las...

• Policy and regulation

Questions and answers on the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) review (opens European Commission in a new tab)

What are the main changes proposed under the review of the EU Emissions Trading System?

• EU ETS
• Policy and regulation

Commission boosts Europe's competitiveness, decarbonisation and independence with Electrification Action Plan and ETS review (opens European Commission in a new tab)

The Commission today presents an Electrification Action Plan to make Europe the first electro-powered continent, and a stronger carbon market to support EU's industry in the clean transition and electrification.

• EU ETS
• Policy and regulation

Oil Spill 2: Fossil fuel interests pollute US carbon market rules (opens Carbon Market Watch in a new tab)

To sate their voracious appetite for greenwashing offsets, major fossil fuel companies have invested considerable resources and effort to lobby, both directly and indirectly, to weaken carbon market federal regulations in the United States and state regulations in California, concludes a new…

• North America
• Policy and regulation

Whether the carbon price is right: response to the European Commission’s public consultation on carbon price paid in third countries (opens Sandbag in a new tab)

Sandbag's response to the European Commission's public consultation on the carbon price paid in third countries under the CBAM.

• CBAM and border measures
• Prices and auctions
• Policy and regulation

EU ETS Reform: Let’s not invalidate climate policy! (opens Sandbag in a new tab)

Based on our updated EU ETS simulator, this technical brief models the impact of the several proposals on the carbon market’s supply/demand balance under the European Commission’s impact assessment emission scenarios.

• EU ETS
• Policy and regulation

A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)

The broad standards for a more ambitious market are now in place. But without a steady flow of investment, this progress will remain largely on paper

• Article 6
• Policy and regulation

Verra’s plan to review carbon credits faster with fewer staff raises integrity concerns (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)

Verra's new CEO said that "faster does not equal to compromise on integrity" - but independent carbon market experts are sceptical

• Voluntary market
• Policy and regulation

SBTi needs tighter rules on companies’ indirect emissions (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)

Businesses are not required to cut all their value chain emissions in line with a 1.5C warming limit - and allowing offsetting could weaken efforts further

• Voluntary market
• Policy and regulation

Paraguay’s carbon deal with Singapore beset by lobbying, lax rules (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)

UN rules governing bilateral carbon offsetting between governments have yet to be agreed but deals are being done, raising concerns about integrity

• Asia-Pacific
• Voluntary market
• Policy and regulation

Carney, Kyte oversee carbon offset rules to address greenwashing concerns (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)

Two initiatives will release standards for the voluntary carbon market this year, while campaigners denounce offsetting as a "scam" that delays real climate action

• Voluntary market
• Policy and regulation