Sam Van den plas
@samvdp.bsky.social
Policy Director at Carbon Market Watch
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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.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/20/l...
Here's how.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/20/l...
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/20/l...
Here's how.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/20/l...
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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
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
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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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
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
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🟨🟥 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 👇
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 👇
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🟨🟥 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 👇
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 👇
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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...
Stuur Wopke een mail: wisenederland.nl/mail-wopke-h...
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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...
Stuur Wopke een mail: wisenederland.nl/mail-wopke-h...
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🟢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
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
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🟢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
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
www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
My message to MEPs: pillars built on weak foundations will fail. Focus on emission reductions first.
@carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social
@caneurope.org
www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
Carbon Capture and Storage and Carbon Capture and Utilisation | Highlights | Home | ITRE | Committees | European Parliament
Main page of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). Latest news, links to documents and videos of meetings.
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
My message to MEPs: pillars built on weak foundations will fail. Focus on emission reductions first.
@carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social
@caneurope.org
www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
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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...
Read our reax: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/05/e...
EU’s 2040 target lets big polluters off the hook - Carbon Market Watch
Although the European Union has the means and capacity to wave goodbye to fossil fuels by 2040, EU environment ministers have backed an unambitious climate target for that year that unfairly shifts so...
carbonmarketwatch.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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...
Read our reax: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/11/05/e...
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WATCH NOW🎬
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
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
Maasai interview: experiences with carbon market projects
YouTube video by Carbon Market Watch
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October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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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
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
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NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end
bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end
NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge disap...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end
bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end
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🚢 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...
🔎 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...
October 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🚢 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...
🔎 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...
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🇪🇺 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
🔥 The cost of inaction is skyrocketing, but ambition pays off!
📄 Read the full statement 👉 caneurope.org/hac-letter-o...
#COP30 #EU2040
Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition urging to support an ambitious EU 2040 domestic emission reduction target ahead of COP30 - CAN Europe
Members of the Coalition for Higher Ambition have written to EU Heads of State and Government to ask for support a domestic 2040 net emission reduction target of at least 90%.
caneurope.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🇪🇺 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
🔥 The cost of inaction is skyrocketing, but ambition pays off!
📄 Read the full statement 👉 caneurope.org/hac-letter-o...
#COP30 #EU2040
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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...
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.
carbonmarketwatch.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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...
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...
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🚨 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
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
September 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨 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
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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🚨 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
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
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🚨 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
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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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
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
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
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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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...
Check out the report here: life-effect.org/project/peop...
September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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...
Check out the report here: life-effect.org/project/peop...
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🚨Most of Europe’s steel is made with coal
😷The cost? Communities choking on pollution, people facing higher disease risks, and lives cut short.
🚗Carmakers rely on this steel. But they can also drive change by demanding green steel
Learn more 👇
leadthecharge.org/steel/?_orde...
#GreenSteel #IAA25
😷The cost? Communities choking on pollution, people facing higher disease risks, and lives cut short.
🚗Carmakers rely on this steel. But they can also drive change by demanding green steel
Learn more 👇
leadthecharge.org/steel/?_orde...
#GreenSteel #IAA25
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🚨Most of Europe’s steel is made with coal
😷The cost? Communities choking on pollution, people facing higher disease risks, and lives cut short.
🚗Carmakers rely on this steel. But they can also drive change by demanding green steel
Learn more 👇
leadthecharge.org/steel/?_orde...
#GreenSteel #IAA25
😷The cost? Communities choking on pollution, people facing higher disease risks, and lives cut short.
🚗Carmakers rely on this steel. But they can also drive change by demanding green steel
Learn more 👇
leadthecharge.org/steel/?_orde...
#GreenSteel #IAA25
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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...
For further details, and to register: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/ets-t...
September 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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...
For further details, and to register: carbonmarketwatch.org/events/ets-t...
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Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product', German court finds
Claim unfounded and in violation of German competition law, according to statement from regional court in Frankfurt
Claim unfounded and in violation of German competition law, according to statement from regional court in Frankfurt
Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product', German court finds
Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a "CO2-neutral product" in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that sided with environmentalists in finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers.
www.reuters.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product', German court finds
Claim unfounded and in violation of German competition law, according to statement from regional court in Frankfurt
Claim unfounded and in violation of German competition law, according to statement from regional court in Frankfurt
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Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
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Will you be the next colleague to join our team?
We are looking for two new members to join Carbon Market Watch:
- Policy Officer on aviation & shipping (until 15Aug)
- Operations Support Assistant (until 22Aug)
✍ Find out full information and the application forms at carbonmarketwatch.org/jobs/
We are looking for two new members to join Carbon Market Watch:
- Policy Officer on aviation & shipping (until 15Aug)
- Operations Support Assistant (until 22Aug)
✍ Find out full information and the application forms at carbonmarketwatch.org/jobs/
July 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Will you be the next colleague to join our team?
We are looking for two new members to join Carbon Market Watch:
- Policy Officer on aviation & shipping (until 15Aug)
- Operations Support Assistant (until 22Aug)
✍ Find out full information and the application forms at carbonmarketwatch.org/jobs/
We are looking for two new members to join Carbon Market Watch:
- Policy Officer on aviation & shipping (until 15Aug)
- Operations Support Assistant (until 22Aug)
✍ Find out full information and the application forms at carbonmarketwatch.org/jobs/
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🚗💨 Curious how the automotive industry is addressing its climate impact?
If so, we’ve got you covered.
CMW’s Benja Faecks takes you through the latest edition of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor in the video 👇
youtube.com/shorts/1Wzfo...
If so, we’ve got you covered.
CMW’s Benja Faecks takes you through the latest edition of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor in the video 👇
youtube.com/shorts/1Wzfo...
The climate strategies of the automotive industry
YouTube video by Carbon Market Watch
youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚗💨 Curious how the automotive industry is addressing its climate impact?
If so, we’ve got you covered.
CMW’s Benja Faecks takes you through the latest edition of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor in the video 👇
youtube.com/shorts/1Wzfo...
If so, we’ve got you covered.
CMW’s Benja Faecks takes you through the latest edition of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor in the video 👇
youtube.com/shorts/1Wzfo...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra outlined the EU's 2040 climate target plans.
The announced flexiblities run contrary to the science outlined by the EU's own scientific advisory body and civil society.
Our reaction: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...
#ClimateAction
The announced flexiblities run contrary to the science outlined by the EU's own scientific advisory body and civil society.
Our reaction: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...
#ClimateAction
July 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra outlined the EU's 2040 climate target plans.
The announced flexiblities run contrary to the science outlined by the EU's own scientific advisory body and civil society.
Our reaction: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...
#ClimateAction
The announced flexiblities run contrary to the science outlined by the EU's own scientific advisory body and civil society.
Our reaction: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...
#ClimateAction
Response to the announced EU 2040 climate target by @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social
#EU2040 #climate
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...
#EU2040 #climate
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...
July 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Response to the announced EU 2040 climate target by @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social
#EU2040 #climate
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...
#EU2040 #climate
carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/07/02/w...