Climate change

International carbon trading: a strategic lever to boost global decarbonisation

International carbon credits can support the EU’s 2040 target if buyers’ club rules and leverage ensure real mitigation gains abroad

Georg Zachmann and Annabelle Weisser

What will shape the debate on ETS reform?

Flora Marchioro

Extending CBAM to downstream products risks undermining its credibility as a climate policy tool

The current proposals to extend CBAM's coverage are more about trade protection than stopping carbon leakage

Maximilian Fuchs, Ignacio García Bercero and Camille Reverdy

ETS Tracker

This tracker maps the EU ETS through data on emissions, compliance, allowances, auction revenues, prices and installations

Jan Abrell, Marie Jugé, Flora Marchioro, Ben McWilliams, Thomas Mramor, Roberto Rossini, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

European clean tech tracker

This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe

Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Marie Jugé, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Roberto Rossini and Simone Tagliapietra

Buyer beware: a taxonomy of the risks of international carbon credits

As the EU reintegrates international carbon credits into its climate framework, understanding the associated risks is essential

Maximilian Fuchs, Thomas Mramor and Georg Zachmann

Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters

Low insurance coverage is turning EU governments into disaster insurers of last resort, strengthening the case for prevention and adaptation finance

Heather Grabbe, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Marie-Sophie Lappe, Irene Monasterolo, Massimo Tavoni and Georg Zachmann

How can governments prepare for the rising costs of climate disasters?

Ugnė Keliauskaitė

What could the rising weight of US firms in European asset management mean for Europe?

Dirk Schoenmaker

Risks for Europe of US dominance of global asset management

US firms’ rise in EU asset management may weaken sustainable finance, making tougher stewardship, ESMA supervision and autonomy urgent

Dirk Schoenmaker

To what extent can the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism spur global climate action?

Maximilian Fuchs and Camille Reverdy

Investing for tomorrow: long-term investment, economic scale and the green transition

Climate mitigation investment increases with long horizons, economic scale and investor diversity, underscoring long-term capital and climate clubs

Philip Ushchev and Guntram B. Wolff

Five reasons why attacking the EU carbon market is economic self-sabotage

When discussing the EU emissions trading system, policymakers should remember five risks of undermining the system

Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann