@samvdp.bsky.social
Policy Director at Carbon Market Watch
📄The European Commission’s proposed EU Buyers Club for carbon removals will not help the green transition.
📗The CO2ol Down project proposes a workable alternative that develops permanent removals while slashing emissions.
Read more here:
carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/01/29/t...
Correlation ≠ causation
There is no proven or provable link between companies investing in carbon credits and their internal emission levels. The narrative must shift away from greenwishing and towards credible climate strategies 🧐
🔗Find out more bit.ly/4qeOhwH
👁️Watch the webinar bit.ly/4tekLK0
🚩Treating carbon removals as a substitute for in-house emission cuts does not help the fight against climate change.
It’s essentially greenwashing.
🏢So how can companies incorporate removals responsibly?
📹 CMW Fabiola De Simone walks you through it in this video.
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Join us for presentation of the @oekoinstitut.bsky.social study, “National Targets and the ETS in a Post‑2030 Climate Target Architecture,” followed by commentary from @lenaats.bsky.social
📆 27 January | 2 PM 📍 Online
🔗Full agenda & registration: life-effect.org/2026/01/20/e...
The last case study in the REDD-Monitor series Crooked Carbon Business by Jutta Kill and Simon Counsell looks at the Livelihoods' Mangrove Restoration project in Senegal.
🚨 Percentage of budget paid to communities: 5.2%
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/crooked-ca...
💡Would pricing agricultural emissions make the cost of cleaner alternatives more competitive and raise revenue for a just transition?
📄 Our latest briefing unpacks the potential and limitations of a possible future Emissions Trading System for Agriculture (Agri-ETS).
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Can carbon credits wean the power sector off its coal dependency?
Our latest briefing finds that Verra's proposed methodology for retiring coal-fired power plants is not fit for purpose.
Verra needs to go back to the drawing board.
Read our press release: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/12/15/c...
🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS
What are the alternatives to offsetting?
This new report explores climate impact funds, their limitations and the conditions under which they can help companies take responsibility for their ongoing emissions through transparent, high integrity climate action.
👁️ bit.ly/48sJJf7
How will carbon pricing for road transport and buildings deliver for climate and people?🤔
Read our 🆕 ETS2 101 guide to learn everything you need to know: life-effect.org/training-mod...
⛓️💥Those involved in the voluntary carbon market draw comfort from the narrative that carbon credits bolster corporate climate ambition.
But is there any truth to this claim?
🎥 (Re-)watch last week's webinar to find out: bit.ly/3M9T4Bh
👁️ Read our briefing: bit.ly/44AHZ2f
🍔 For once, it's time to cut red tape. The EU could soon censor words like ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based steak’. I just signed this campaign demanding EU Heads of State reject the 'veggie burger’ ban! Please sign too - secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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⛓️💥 'The weak link: Do carbon credits actually accelerate decarbonisation?' is hot off the press
The briefing scrutinises the persistent hypothesis among advocates of the voluntary carbon market that carbon credits boost climate ambition.
👁️ bit.ly/4ojmnic
🎫 Join tomorrow's webinar: bit.ly/4pxs3Gg
😎🤓 Here's an invitation from the CO2olest kids in town.
Join us for a presentation of the co-created EU carbon removals financing framework prototype.
📆 3 December | 10 AM
📍 Blankspace | Rue d’Arlon 80, Brussels & online
🔗Full agenda & registrations at carbonmarketwatch.org/events/launc...
Hi Tara, in case not seen: caneurope.org/climate-acti...
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🎯 How ambitious is the EU’s 2040 climate target?
A 90% reduction goal is set to be added to the European Climate Law, but risks remain: below ESABCC advice, carbon credits, weaker review rules and delayed implementation to 2026.
Read @oberthuerseb.bsky.social & @katikulovesi.bsky.social's blog👇
Is there a link between companies using carbon credits and their climate ambition?
🎥 CMW's Benja Faecks takes you through it in the video.
🔗To find out more, read our press release: carbonmarketwatch.org/publications...
www.youtube.com/shorts/_lgIr...
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📅 2 December 2025 | 14:00-15:30 CET 📍ONLINE
What are the consequences of proposed changes to the carbon pricing for road transport and buildings (ETS2)?
Find out in this panel discussion
🔗https://carbonmarketwatch.org/events/webinar-a-fair-and-effective-ets2-how-do-we-get-there
As the European Union institutions prepare to embark on the final negotiations around the bloc’s diluted 2040 climate target, there is one last chance to shore up some of the goal’s loopholes for the good of the environment and society.
Here's how.
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Do carbon credits really boost corporate climate ambition?
Join us for an expert discussion of whether carbon credit use accelerates corporate decarbonisation 🧐
We will present the findings of a CMW-commissioned report, and the policy recommendations linked to it!
🔗 bit.ly/4iqdPEZ
🟨🟥 Article 6.2: Refereeing without yellow or red cards
At COP30 in Belem, during the second-ever Article 6.2 Ambition Dialogue, our Federica Dossi demystified the problematic findings in the first review of 6.2 deals between countries, many of which are shrouded in secrecy 👇
De Europese Commissie wil de fossiele subsidie Indirecte Kostencompensatie aanpassen. Maar in plaats van de regeling af te bouwen, wil Hoekstra 'm uitbreiden 🤯
Stuur Wopke een mail: wisenederland.nl/mail-wopke-h...
🟢Join us tomorrow for our event at COP30:
Should carbon credits finance the early retirement of coal plants?
Learn whether carbon credits have any role in financing earlier coal retirement, weighing opportunities against key risks, safeguards, and just transition principles.
👁️ bit.ly/43o3Md8
Today @europarl.europa.eu ITRE Committee Public Hearing on "CC(U)S: pillars of industrial decarbonisation."
My message to MEPs: pillars built on weak foundations will fail. Focus on emission reductions first.
@carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social
@caneurope.org
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The EU has the means to wave goodbye to fossil fuels by 2040, yet environment ministers have backed an unambitious climate target that unfairly shifts some of the burden for domestic climate action to the Global South and future generations.
Read our reax: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/05/e...
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Maasai interview: experiences with carbon market projects
Current regulations to protect local communities in carbon markets present clear gaps and are not sufficient.
Three Maasai representatives called out the hypocrisy of the offsetting logic.
youtu.be/yUluca680VE
NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end
🚢 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...
🇪🇺 Ahead of next week’s #EUCO, the Coalition for Higher Ambition calls on EU leaders to back a science-based 2040 target of at least 90% net emission cuts.
🔥 The cost of inaction is skyrocketing, but ambition pays off!
📄 Read the full statement 👉 caneurope.org/hac-letter-o...
#COP30 #EU2040
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...
🚨 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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