Forests are vital carbon sinks. Although forestry projects dominate the voluntary carbon markets, they still occupy a marginal position on the larger, compliance markets. This is mainly due to their ineligibility for the European Union EmissionsTrading Scheme. New opportunities are emerging, however their impact may appear limited compared with the scale of the climate challenge.
Returning from a summer marked by soaring temperatures, wildfires and drought, the EU is entering a season of decisive negotiations
Who could have predicted we’d endure an “unprecedented” summer in 2026, climate-wise? Unprecedented, like a chapter of a good TV series. For Benoît Leguet, avoiding endless reruns of the same story— and their costs — means finding ways to factor future climates into our economic decisions. A topic for the EU’s budget debate.
he Clean Industrial Transition Monitor by the European Climate Neutrality Observatory (ECNO) assesses real-world progress using more than 50 indicators and provides a comprehensive and nuanced picture of both progress and remaining gaps.
