Opinion: Europe’s climate-elephant in the room: What to do with left-over emissions when we get to net zero?

If we treat some emissions as “unavoidable” too early, without properly examining whether they truly are, we risk following a more costly and less efficient path to climate neutrality


As the European Commission published its review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), one of the first steps towards implementing…

Full text: https://euobserver.com/231842/europes-climate-elephant-in-the-room-what-to-do-with-left-over-emissions-when-we-get-to-net-zero/


Source: EU-Observer, 2026-08-14.