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The EU Emissions Trading System for Aviation: New Lobbying Trends for 2025

January 2026

This briefing is the first in a series examining how the aviation industry has influenced debates on the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). It analyzes industry advocacy positions, narratives, and lobbying tactics at a pivotal moment, as the EU prepares for the 2026 review of the EU...

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Investor Briefing

January 2026

This briefing provides an overview of the direct and indirect (via industry associations) engagement of Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) companies within the aviation and oil and gas sectors on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). It explores the narratives deployed by both industries to weaken or obstruct ...

Carbon Majors: 2024 Data Update

January 2026

A new briefing analyzing the latest emissions data from the Carbon Majors database.

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LobbyMap

InfluenceMap maintains the world’s leading database of corporate and industry association lobbying of climate policy around the globe. Our research and reports have been informing investors, the media and the corporate sector since 2015. InfluenceMap is a data provider to the Climate Action 100+ investor process.

FinanceMap

InfluenceMap maintains the FinanceMap platform which is the most comprehensive publicly available metrics and analysis of the asset management sector through a climate lens, both on portfolios and corporate stewardship.

Carbon Majors

Carbon Majors is a database of historical production data from 122 of the world’s largest oil, gas, coal, and cement producers. This data is used to quantify the direct operational emissions and emissions from the combustion of marketed products that can be attributed to these entities.

InfluenceMap in the News

InfluenceMap testifies before Canadian House of Commons

InfluenceMap Director of FinanceMap Daan Van Acker overviews how Canada's largest banks are substantially off track to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Climate Change Action Stymied by Australian Business Lobby

The Minerals Council of Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the NSW Minerals Council named as the three organizations most responsible for undermining climate policy in Australia.

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Big Oil pledged to fight climate change, but do their actions line up?

To prevent catastrophic global warming, international groups say there should be no new investment in fossil fuel projects.

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