Environment Council: Taxonomy resistance is forming

On Thursday, the first informal meeting of EU environment ministers under the French presidency began in the Amiens. Barbara Pompili, France’s Minister of the Ecological Transition, said she was pleased that there was agreement in principle among the member states on the planned carbon offset mechanism (CBAM). Now, it was a matter of discussing exactly how the instrument would be designed. The French government had announced its intention to make the CBAM a climate priority during its presidency. The energy ministers will also be present at the three-day meeting.