EU ETS 2 will likely be bigger and tighter market than current EU ETS
18 December 2023 - EU ETS 2 is being prepared for road transport buildings and small industrial units. Experts from Vertis Environmental Finance laid out the implications.
Carbon border and Western Balkans – barrier or bridge to EU?
11 December 2023 - The EU will start charging a carbon tax to importers in 2026 similar to the one for domestic companies and their emissions
Countdown to COP28: temperature growth in Serbia is 60% above global average
27 November 2023 - In anticipation of the most important world meeting on climate change, Serbia has organized an event called Dialogue on Climate Change
Germany plans power tax cut, more subsidies to prop up industry amid rising prices
13 November 2023 - The set of relief measures, which will mainly help power-intensive producers, is estimated to be worth EUR 12 billion in 2024 alone
EU’s Growth Plan for Western Balkans of EUR 6 billion is conditional on reforms
09 November 2023 - Similar to funding from the EU's RRF for member states, the Western Balkans can obtain EUR 6 billion from the new Growth Plan by fulfilling reforms
Energy, industry emissions 37% lower than when EU ETS was launched
03 November 2023 - The European Commission has adopted a Carbon Market Report, which includes an analysis of the functioning of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
Introducing carbon pricing and EU CBAM mechanism application in the Energy Community
18 September 2023 - There can be no successful decarbonization if the EU doesn't institutionalize continuous financial support until the EnC abandons coal
Energy Community tracker: Western Balkans’ progress towards CBAM exemption
07 July 2023 - The report assesses the steps made by the Western Balkans contracting parties in fulfilling six conditions for CBAM exemption
Introducing emissions trading requires EU’s financial support
30 June 2023 - To take a position on carbon pricing, Serbia and other Western Balkan countries need financial support, primarily from the EU, says Minister Đedović
Bulgaria’s Devnya set to become first carbon-free cement maker in Eastern Europe
22 June 2023 - The project, valued at EUR 750 million, has already received EUR 190 million in financing from the EU Innovation Fund
EU pays out EUR 1.4 billion to Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania for green transition
09 June 2023 - The European Union's Modernization Fund has paid out EUR 2.4 billion for the seven member states, which is the joint largest disbursement
Lorkowski: Carbon pricing is condition for electricity sector to avoid EU’s carbon border tax
09 June 2023 - Market coupling and emissions trading systems are the prerequisites for an exemption from CBAM for electricity