The Green Tank supports strengthening the EU ETS and MSR to better drive a socially just clean energy transition. The EU ETS has already cut emissions from the power and industrial sectors by 51.2% since 2005, moving toward the -62% target for 2030.
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The Green Tank
NGO · Greece · EU Transparency Register 396314833858-72
4
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 665 tracked
3
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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Who they are
Among the 163 think tanks and research institutions on this site, they rank #52 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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Declares membership of
- CAN Europe: http://www.caneurope.org/
- Beyond Fossil Fuels: https://beyondfossilfuels.org/
- Community Power Coalition: https://communitypowercoalition.eu/
- Think Sustainable Europe: https://ieep.eu/overview-tse/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Think tanks and research institutions
- Registered as
- The Green Tank Astiki Mi Kerdoskopiki Etaireia
- Head office
- Athens, Greece
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
The Green Tank filed 4 positions between 20 Jul 2022 and 10 Oct 2025, across 4 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.
2022 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed
What they argued
The ARTEMIS Interreg Euro-MED project (https://artemis.interreg-euro-med.eu/) - developing Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes based on seagrass biodiversity and blue carbon - partnership welcomes the initiative. We recognize its timeliness and potential to mobilize private investment to fill the current nature financing gap, provided it builds on integrity, scientific credibility, and sound governance.
The Green Tank welcomes the Commission's initiative to revise the EU Energy Security Framework. The revision comes at a critical moment. Following the 2022 energy crisis, the EU advanced key initiatives such as REPowerEU, the Gas Demand Reduction Regulation, and higher renewable energy ambitions under the revised Renewable Energy Directive under Fit for 55 package.
Funding of the REPowerEU plan by auctioning allowances from the MSR worth 20 billion (articles 4 and 5), is a really dangerous measure which must be avoided. A few months back the European Commission rightfully refused to allow Member States to bring forward their share of allowances and auction them in order to tackle the energy price crisis because that would undermine the carbon price, and now it proposes a far…
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