Our Positions

War has always been measured in visible devastation: lives lost, cities reduced to rubble, communities displaced. Yet there exists another ledger, largely ignored, written not in headlines but in the atmosphere. Every explosion, every burning structure, every fuel-intensive military operation releases carbon that will remain with us for generations.

In February 2026, the Federal Court of Australia in Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) v Santos, dismissed multiple claims against Santos Limited, a major Australian energy company, concerning the veracity of its carbon management projections.

The Carbon Management Society (CMS) welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Act, recognising its ambition to strengthen Europe’s industrial competitiveness while accelerating the transition to low-carbon production.

In the global climate debate, few terms are as frequently misunderstood as carbon management. Too often, it is treated as shorthand for carbon capture and storage (CCS). While CCS is an important technological tool, carbon management is a far broader, more systemic discipline. Reducing it to a single technology risks narrowing both ambition and impact.

The Carbon Management Society (CMS) expresses deep concern regarding the repeal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding - the scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare and the legal foundation for regulating emissions under the Clean Air Act.

This month (January 2025), President-elect Donald Trump signalled his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, reigniting a contentious debate on climate policy.