The European Banking Federation outlined priorities for EU climate policy, linking the mobilisation of private capital to regulatory certainty and calling for a strong, credible and predictable EU Emission Trading System to support Europe’s climate ambitions, energy independence, and long-term investment and innovation. It argued that stable policies help mitigate risk, avoid speculation, and improve project risk profiles, costs, and bankability. Measures that weaken policy consistency, predictability, or the carbon price signal would, in its view, raise financing costs for the transition, slow clean technology deployment, and undermine confidence in the ETS as market participants assess its policy trajectory beyond 2030.
European Banking Federation2026-06-08
European Banking Federation urges policymakers to preserve a strong and predictable EU ETS to support private capital mobilisation
The European Banking Federation set out priorities for European Union climate policy, stressing that mobilising private capital depends on regulatory certainty and a strong, credible and predictable European Union Emission Trading System. It argued that stable policies reduce risk and financing costs, while measures that weaken policy consistency, predictability or the carbon price signal would slow clean technology deployment and undermine confidence in the Emission Trading System beyond 2030.