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IMF Warns Suspending EU Carbon Market Comes With Huge Risks
The International Monetary Fund urged the European Union not to pause its emissions trading system, warning it would come with "huge" risks that might jeopardize investment.
IMF warns EU on energy - Carbon Brief
Daily Briefing April 16. 2026. 9:49am IMF warns EU on energy | Big oil making ‘$30m an hour’ | New AMOC research Every weekday morning, in time for your morning coffee, Carbon Brief sends out a free email known as the “Daily Briefing” to thousands of subscribers around the world. The email is a digest of the past 24 hours of media coverage related to climate change and energy, as well as our pick of the key studies published in peer-reviewed journals. Sign up here. Today's climate and energy headlines: IMF tells EU to stick to 'fiscal guardrails' despite energy crisis $30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds UK: Scheme to support energy-intensive firms to be expanded Russia ready to help China with energy ahead of Putin’s visit, foreign minister says Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought The Guardian view on the looming energy shock: ministers need to show they have a plan The incorporation of “observational constraints” into climate model projections suggests that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could weaken by 50% by 2100 in a medium-emissions scenario Direct forest measurements show Japan's carbon uptake is double earlier estimates Analysis of four decades of data links a 1C increase in spring maximum temperature in Piedmont, Italy with a four-day advance in flowering onset for black locust trees, a key honey plant IMF tells EU to stick to 'fiscal guardrails' despite energy crisis Financial Times Read Article The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the EU against loosening its fiscal rules in response to the energy crisis, reports the Financial Times. The warning comes as Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s government argues that it needs to suspend its pact to bring down its deficit, the article notes. Reuters adds that Rodrigo Valdes, the IMF’s new fiscal affairs chief, says countries should skip fuel subsidies to help citizens with the oil shortage and the corresponding surge in energy prices and, instead, opt for targeted, temporary cash transfers that do not obscure higher prices. Relatedly, the EU’s climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra tells the Financial Times that there is no financial “workaround” for the “mind-boggling” energy price rises in Europe. Hoekstra adds that the latest crisis shows the need to reduce fossil-fuel dependency through “green investment”, the article adds. MORE ON EU Reuters reports that the EU is draft...
ETS divisions sharpen as EU carbon market review nears
The EU's carbon market is heading towards a pivotal review, with tensions mounting between Member States over how the system shapes energy prices, industrial competitiveness and the pace of ...
EU carbon market cuts emissions more, but fossil fuel use rises in 2025
The EU ETS is the bloc's carbon market for sectors including power generation and heavy industry, and has cut emissions in the areas it covers by about half since it began in 2005, the European Commission informed on Friday night. The latest figures show the system remains on track to meet a 2030 target of cutting emissions by 62%.
