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Emissions & carbon pricing

Decisions about greenhouse-gas emission limits, the emissions trading system, carbon border adjustment or carbon removals.

Decisions
16 on 12 sitting days
Outcomes
14 adopted · 2 rejected
Period
6 May 2025 – 15 Sept 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
12
By kind
New laws 15 · Objections 1
Part of
Climate & environment
Key
climate/emissions
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Decisions, 16

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
15 Sept 2026Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures New lawsPassed464 for, 50 against, 159 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund New lawsPassed433 for, 97 against, 146 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances New lawsPassed367 for, 240 against, 59 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors New lawsPassed467 for, 158 against, 41 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030 New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count
29 Apr 2026Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sector New lawsPassed433 for, 120 against, 91 abstained by roll call
26 Mar 2026Certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals activities Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated actObjectionsObjection failedshow of hands — no count
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 (No. 1, 12 Mar 2026) New lawsPassed473 for, 81 against, 9 abstained by roll call
10 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 (No. 4, 10 Mar 2026) New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count
10 Feb 2026Framework for achieving climate neutrality New lawsPassed413 for, 226 against, 12 abstained by roll call

All 16 decisions on this subtopic in the register

Dossiers, 7

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors 2025-0380Decisions215 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund 2025-0418Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures 2025-0419Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances 2026-0085Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals activities 2026-2598Decisions126 Mar 2026 · Rejected
Framework for achieving climate neutrality 2025-0524Decisions210 Feb 2026 · Adopted
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening 2025-0039Decisions210 Sept 2025 · Adopted

These dossiers in the register

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 12 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor8Against2Abst.0Divided2With outcome7of12
GreensFor8Against3Abst.0Divided1With outcome7of12
S&DFor12Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome11of12
RenewFor12Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome11of12
EPPFor9Against1Abst.0Divided2With outcome12of12
ECRFor5Against4Abst.2Divided1With outcome6of12
PatriotsFor4Against6Abst.0Divided2With outcome5of12
ESNFor5Against6Abst.1Divided0With outcome6of12

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

  • Topic Economy & single market Competitiveness, industry, single market rules, finance, taxation.
  • Topic Transport & tourism Road, rail, aviation, shipping, passenger rights, tourism.
  • Topic Trade & customs Trade agreements, tariffs, trade defence and customs.
  • Topic Energy Renewables, gas and nuclear, prices, grids and efficiency.

Running issues

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=emissions
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Emissions & carbon pricing”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=emissions (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-topic-climate-emissions,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Emissions \& carbon pricing}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=emissions}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=emissions},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}