ERCST – European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition

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European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

March 17, 2025

Policy Brief: Implementation and transposition of hydrogen regulations in the EU Member States

March 12, 2025

Policy Brief: Commission’s Communication on “The Clean Industrial Deal: a joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonization”

February 7, 2025

Omnibus simplification package: CSRD and CSDDD

UPCOMING EVENTS

Launch Event: Solutions for exports of EU CBAM-covered goods
March 25 @ 15:00 - 17:00
Launch Event – Future of Emissions Trading in the EU: Price Signal and Competitiveness (Public Event)
March 27 @ 10:00 - 12:00
Expert consultation: Extension of the CBAM scope
April 8 @ 15:00 - 17:00
Stakeholder Consultation – Advancing BECCS Policy: Harmonizing Land Use with Carbon Dioxide Removal Goals
April 10 @ 15:00 - 16:30
2025 State of the EU ETS Report – Launch Event (Public Event)
May 21 @ 15:00 - 17:00

RECENT EVENTS

Focus Group – Circular Carbon Economy: CO₂ as a Valuable Resource
March 12 @ 15:00 - 16:30
Launch Event – Implementation and transposition of hydrogen regulations in the EU Member States
March 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00
Stakeholders Consultation: Green Claims Directive (GCD) trilogues – How does the GCD connect to Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs)?
March 6 @ 10:00 - 12:00
Stakeholder Consultation – 2025 State of the EU ETS Report
March 5 @ 10:00 - 12:00
Public Debate – A Debate on Flexibility in the EU’s Transportation Decarbonization Policies
March 4 @ 15:00 - 16:30
Expert consultation: Solutions for exports of EU CBAM-covered goods
February 17 @ 15:00 - 16:30
Focus Group – Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: Balancing Land Use and CDR Potential
February 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30
Launch Event – Omnibus Regulation: on CSRD and CSDDD
February 7 @ 10:00 - 12:00

RECORDINGS

The goal of this initiative is to assess how EU Member States are implementing and transposing EU regulations and directives into their national framework. A few Member States have been selected as case study. The Paper aims to identify:

How the Member States implementing and transposing EU hydrogen regulations (eg. RED III, Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market package, RED II, FuelEU maritime, RefuelEU aviation, REPowerEU, Net Zero Industry Act) and which are the best practices that emerged.
Which tools (e.g., subsidies, State Aid, tax incentives but also policies) are being used in EU Member states to promote the adoption of hydrogen technologies and how are these instruments tailored to meet the unique needs and conditions the various countries.
Whether the Member States have/plan to develop programs or bilateral mechanisms to interact with the other Member States

While electrification is a pivotal component of the European Union’s decarbonization strategy, it is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Hard-to-electrify sectors—such as aviation, maritime shipping, and certain industrial processes—require complementary approaches to achieve full decarbonization. This debate aims to critically assess the limitations of an electrification-only approach, explore the complementary role of sustainable fuels, and promote a balanced policy framework that supports a diversified energy mix.

The debate will delve into the diverse applications of biofuels, synthetic fuels, and hydrogen across different sectors, examining their potential to bridge the decarbonization gap where electrification faces technical or economic barriers. Special attention will be given to developing sector-specific solutions, particularly for aviation, maritime shipping, and heavy industry, where unique operational requirements demand tailored approaches to emissions reduction.

The discussion will also address the importance of implementing technology-neutral policies and incentives to promote sustainable fuels, ensuring market competition and accelerating innovation across all viable decarbonization pathways.

As the European Commission prepares to unveil the “Omnibus Regulation” proposal on February 26, 2025, with President Ursula von der Leyen now directly overseeing the file, pressure is mounting from all sides – both within and beyond the EU, and from companies as well as governments.

In this context, and amid the uncertainty arising from current geopolitical circumstances and concerns about the EU’s economic competitiveness – which may raise doubts about the resilience of its industrial base – ERCST wrote a paper addressing key issues to be considered in the Omnibus package, particularly in relation to the CSRD and CSDDD, along with a set of recommendations.

LATEST NEWS

March 24, 2025

ERCST in action: Andrei Marcu at the Financial Times event “Tackling Europe’s Red Tape Challenge – Simplifying EU regulation to boost competitiveness and growth” – Gallery

March 12, 2025

CP Daily: Tuesday March 11, 2025 – Carbon Pulse

February 26, 2025

Omnibus Package: does the EU still have sufficient power to enforce its vision?

February 24, 2025

ERCST in action: Publication of the Public Perception Issue Paper – European Commission Working Group on Public Perception of ICM

The European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) is an independent think-tank, registered under belgium law, working on European and Global climate change policies.

ERCST is committed to the goals and principles of the Paris Agreement and works towards promoting a just, inclusive and sustainable global transition.

ERCST has always been careful to ensure an inclusive working environment and to be attentive to gender diversity and to the plurality of voices represented in its initiatives. When this is not reflected in one of our publications or events, it is due to the unavailability of the consulted experts to participate, to choices of organizations on their representation or specific representation in the respective organization.