European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

March 27, 2023
Response to the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals
March 16, 2023
Role of CCS in CBAM
March 16, 2023
EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market: Developing a Climate Change Lens to analyze and inform the EU debate on the reform of the Electricity Market Design
March 14, 2023
The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM

UPCOMING EVENTS

RECENT EVENTS

RECORDINGS

This workstream consists of a continuous series of meetings and accompanying publications which aim to bring together different stakeholders to take stock of key policy and regulatory developments of the EU hydrogen policy and regulatory framework identified by ERCST. It also aims to put forward recommendations and propose innovative solutions to existing policy and regulatory bottle necks. With most of dossiers reaching the final stages of the legislative process and new elements being added (i.a. EU electricity market reform, Net-Zero industrial act, EU H2 bank), this meeting intends to take stock of recent policy and regulatory developments for hydrogen in the EU.
To achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement of pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries must severely reduce their emissions and reach a net zero economy by 2050. In this framework, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technology is necessary to achieve ambitious climate targets. However, its deployment is still way below the needed levels depicted in various global scenarios. As 2050 is approaching, it is now to bring this technology under the spotlight to incentivise investments, development, and cooperation at an international scale to put it on track for achieving climate neutrality at a global level. In this event, the role of CCUS in different climate neutrality scenarios and its role in different policy mixes is explored, bringing over regional perspectives on how this role has been translated and the technology implemented in different regulatory jurisdictions.
On December 13th the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to introduce an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although not part of the initial European Commission Proposal, CBAM will also apply to hydrogen together with cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, and electricity. During this meeting ERCST intends to present the assessment’s conclusions concerning the rationale and implications of the hydrogen inclusion in the EU CBAM. This assessment will build on the methodology used by ERCST for the analysis of other sectors (See: CBAM Sectorial Deep Dive) and on the discussions held during ERCST public meeting on February 1st. This meeting starts by a presentation by ERCST’s CBAM team outlining some of the assessment’s conclusions, followed by a panel discussion, Q&A and debate.
On December 13 the European institutions reached a provisional agreement in the CBAM trilogues. The transitional phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will start in October 2023, with actual implementation starting from 2026. The final details are yet to be concluded, after which both Parliament and Council need to formally adopt the CBAM. This event, which is part of the ERCST CBAM Programme, will be an opportunity to discuss the agreement reached in December as well as what is next with Gerassimos Thomas, Director General at DG TAXUD. This will be followed by a roundtable discussion.

OTHER MATERIALS

March 30, 2023
Stocktake on the H2 Policy and Regulatory Framework
March 17, 2023
Presentation: Paths to decarbonised and sustainable transport – Stakeholders’ meeting
March 8, 2023
CBAM and H2, ERCST assessment
February 2, 2023
Presentation: Due Diligence – how to make it work?
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Study on carbon storage units and obligations under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement – OGCI

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