Launched in 2005[2], the EU ETS is the world’s first international emissions trading system and currently stands as a major pillar of EU energy policy. The EU ETS applies in all 27 EU Member States ...

The EU emissions trading system (the EU ETS) is one of the key pillars of the EU’s policy to combat climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from regulated sectors. It was launched in ...

The European Commission has published the verified EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) emissions data for 2025 showing a -1.3% reduction in ETS emissions, compared to 2024 levels. This reduction ...

Learn how carbon markets work, including compliance and voluntary markets, to reduce emissions through carbon credit trading.

View of the container ships in Newark container terminal, where the gantry cranes are loading and discharging cargo from the vessels, Newark, New Jersey. On Jan. 1, 2024, for the first time a large ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of climatetech and entrepreneurship. What’s a rare example of a carbon market that is efficiently ...

The emissions trading system launched by the European Union in 2005 could one day also be used to capture CO₂ on a large scale. A new model study quantifies the potential, and outlines that phased ...

The European Commission Wednesday outlined steps it is taking to shore up the security of its carbon emissions trading system after several of the system's national registries were hit by cyber ...

The European Union now has the most developed emissions trading system (ETS) of any market globally, analysts at BMI, A Fitch Solutions company, said in a report sent to Rigzone recently. BMI’s ...

European governments are guilty of allowing their industries to produce as much carbon dioxide as they wish at no cost, according to WWF and other environmental organizations. Brussels, Belgium – ...

5 July 2007 – A leading European utility has called for an expansion to the carbon trading market, as a route to tackling climate change. Wulf H. Bernotat, CEO of Germany’s E.ON says that emission ...