ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

13 March 2026

Ensuring an ambitious implementation of ETS2

ETS2 is a cornerstone of Europe’s strategy to strengthen competitiveness, accelerate investments in clean technologies across small and medium-sized industries, buildings and road transport, and reach the EU’s climate objectives. However, recent discussions on postponing and revising key elements of ETS2 risk substantially weakening the instrument’s effectiveness and undermining the regulatory stability that businesses and households rely on to make long-term investment decisions.

Together with nearly 80 companies, industry associations, and civil society organisations, we call on the European Commission, European Parliament, and Member States to ensure an ambitious and timely implementation of ETS2. Read more in our joint letter.

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