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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 23h

📃 17 MEPs sent a letter to the Commission calling for a lending facility to prepare for the Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport. We welcome this initiative and reiterate our call that this support should target vulnerable groups and boost climate action.

Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 2d

Diamonds and coal are both made of carbon but are not equivalent. Neither are carbon emissions and carbon removals.

That is why we need to move beyond the ‘like-for-like’ principle used to justify offsetting.

In this article, CMW's Daniel Orth explains why. carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/10/03/c...

Why carbon removal policies must go beyond unrefined like-for-like approaches - Carbon Market Watch

A false equivalence is too often made between carbon emissions and the removals that may balance them. Mistaken ‘like for like’ thinking undermines the integrity of climate policies.

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Khaled Diab @khaleddiab.bsky.social · 6d

It was enlightening to hear from representatives of the Maasai people how carbon market projects are encroaching on their customary land rights, disrupting their traditional grazing patterns and fuelling conflict

You can (re)watch the @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social event here: youtu.be/J6_5rSYWSr8

Human rights and wrongs in carbon credit projects: Testimonies from the Maasai people

YouTube video by Carbon Market Watch

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 6d

Full report available here:
life-effect.org/project/peop...

Watch our recent ETS Talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecLD...

People Behind the Policy: Social Impacts of EU ETS2 in Bulgaria, Czechia, and Poland - LIFE Effect

Bulgaria, Czechia, and Poland. The aim of this study is to analyse what groups are likely to be most affected by the ETS2 in these countries, examine the current draft SCPs, and identify policy gaps.

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 6d

This latest LIFE Effect project briefing explores the people behind the policy in central and eastern Europe by reviewing case studies in Bulgaria, Czechia and Poland and uncovers the gaps existing in Social Climate Plans

Check out our findings here: life-effect.org/project/stud...

Study briefing - People behind the policy: Social impacts of EU ETS2 in Bulgaria, Czechia and Poland - LIFE Effect

Social impacts of EU ETS2 in Bulgaria, Czechia, and Poland

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 6d

Careful preparation including an inclusive stakeholder consultation by EU member states is key to ensure that nobody will be left behind in implementing the launch of EU carbon pricing for road transport and buildings (ETS2) in 2027.

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 7d

Representatives of the Maasai community of northern Tanzania were in Brussels to shed light on the human rights and wrongs of carbon market projects.

In collaboration with the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA), CMW was honoured to host them.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_5...

Human rights and wrongs in carbon credit projects: Testimonies from the Maasai people

YouTube video by Carbon Market Watch

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 10d

"We believe carbon credits are false climate solutions," Naipanoi, representative of the Maasai community, said during this morning's event.

CMW sat down together with Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) from Northern Tanzania to discuss the risks and harms of carbon credit practices.

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 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.

👁️✍ lnkd.in/eVTZsFhW

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Khaled Diab @khaleddiab.bsky.social · 16d

This event delves into the under-reported human rights dimension of carbon market projects and the neglected perspective of local and indigenous communities.

Representatives of the Maasai will be in Brussels to share their experiences and insights.

Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 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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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 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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The Green Tank @thegreentank.bsky.social · 20d

📢 What is energy & transport vulnerability?

Already ⚡26.5% of #Greeks are energy vulnerable & 🚗13.9% transport vulnerable.

💶 #ETS2 could burden households by €833m–€1.6bn (2027-32).

📚Read The Green Tank & Facets study under #LIFEEffect

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 20d

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.

👁️✍ bit.ly/4prTYIi

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 21d

The richest 1% emit as much carbon pollution as the poorest 5 billion people combined ⚖️

Exploitation of earth’s resources is benefiting the wealthiest at the expense of the majority.

Is our civilization worth risking for the wealthiest 1%?

Read more at www.pollutingelite.earth
#PollutingElite

Carbon Inequality Video

Who is most responsible for the climate crisis?

www.pollutingelite.earth

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 23d

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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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 24d

You can still register for today's ETS Talk here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/ets-t...

Start: 2pm CEST 🕑
Location: Zoom 💻

Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 26d

United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Brussels this week to campaign for EU policymakers to adopt what he called a “common sense” approach to climate and energy policy. But his pitch makes no sense… not for the EU and certainly not for the climate.

Here’s why:

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 27d

Keen to know more about the impact of the new EU Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) on households in central and eastern Europe?

Then register for our online ETS Talk on Monday

Start time: 2.00pm

Registration and event info here: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/ets-t...

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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 29d

ISO and the GHG Protocol announced plans today to unite their emissions accounting standards 🤝

Find out what is at stake, and why an inclusive process with civil society at the table is so important, in this joint article by ECOS and @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social 👇
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Harmonisation of ISO and GHG-P standards must raise the quality bar - ECOS

ISO and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol will create common emissions accounting standards. CMW’s Benja Faecks and ECOS’s Thea Lyngseth explain what this could mean.

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 29d

A new report has dropped! ‪@newclimate.bsky.social‬ examined the corporate world’s carbon removal strategies: carbonmarketwatch.org/campaigns/ca...

Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · Sep 5

🏭 The use of international carbon credits in the EU’s 2040 climate target could result in the outsourcing of 140 million tonnes to a whopping 430 million tonnes of emissions, our latest analysis reveals.

It should be zero tonnes.

Read our full analysis: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/09/05/e...

EU's 2040 climate target and the high costs of international credits - Carbon Market Watch

The use of international carbon credits in the EU’s 2040 climate target could result in the outsourcing of 140 million tonnes to a whopping 430 million tonnes of emissions. It should be zero tonnes.

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎧 New Climate Confident Podcast out now! This episode unpacks big tech’s climate pledges from #CCRM2025.

Prefer reading?
🔎Policy recs: carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/u...
📊Sector analyses (tech, food, fashion, auto): carbonmarketwatch.org/campaigns/co...
📅Coming soon: CDR strategies - stay tuned!

Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · Sep 1

👀For more in-depth reading check out the following Carbon Market Watch articles:

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carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/04/w...

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Why carbon offsetting should die out but healthy carbon markets should live on - Carbon Market Watch

Is offsetting fine if it is done with highly durable carbon removal credits? Sabine Frank weighs the pros and cons.

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks for the opportunity to meet with you and your team. As we discussed, carbon credits are a false climate solution, yet are a central feature of the EU’s proposed 2040 climate target...

6️⃣Here are six reasons why there is no place for carbon credits in these plans

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