ERCST – European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition

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European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

September 8, 2023

ERCST Reflection Note – EU ETS Post-2030 : a European Central Carbon Bank to manage the EU ETS?

August 28, 2023

ERCST Feedback to the Commission’s Public Consultation for Industrial Carbon Management – carbon capture, utilisation and storage deployment

August 9, 2023

ERCST Feedback to the Innovation Fund Consultation

July 27, 2023

ERCST EXPLANATORY NOTE: EU ETS Auctioning & REPowerEU

UPCOMING EVENTS

Stakeholders’ meeting – The Paths to Decarbonized and Sustainable Transport -outline of the second report
September 26 @ 15:00 - 17:00
Expert Stakeholder Consultation: European Carbon Bank (Rescheduled to 2 October)
October 2 @ 13:00 - 14:30
Renewable hydrogen: what way forward?
October 3 @ 14:30 - 16:30
Expert Stakeholder Consultation: Free Allocation Regulation (FAR) EU ETS Public Consultation
October 4 @ 10:30 - 12:30
Public perception of CCUS and carbon removals
October 4 @ 14:30 - 16:30
CBAM Launch event: Report on methods and process for crediting carbon prices
October 5 @ 15:30 - 17:30

RECENT EVENTS

ERCST @ IETA North America Climate Summit & Climate Week NYC: The role of CCS and removals in international carbon markets
September 20 @ 19:45 - 20:45
EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market
September 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30
Industrial Carbon Management: submission review
September 11 @ 15:00 - 16:30
Commission’s public consultation on ‘Industrial Carbon Management’
July 20 @ 15:00 - 16:30
International Townhall on operationalising CBAM
July 6 @ 14:00 - 16:30
The paths to decarbonized and sustainable transport – Discussing ENVI position on the European Commission proposal strengthening the CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles
June 29 @ 15:00 - 17:00

RECORDINGS

The objective of the ERCST project is to analyze the current pathways emerging from EU policy for decarbonisation of heavy-duty road transportation and propose, if necessary and appropriate, complementary and/or alternative policy pathways. They will be underpinned by the EU objective of climate neutrality stemming from the EU Climate Law.

The EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility strategy formulates the objective of 90% of emission reduction in the transport sector by 2050. It assumes developing many policies and technological solutions along the principle of technological neutrality and phasing out of fossil fuels. None of those policies alone is a silver bullet. Only the deployment of many complementary solutions and creating the space for innovation gives the chance to meet the ambitious decarbonisation targets in line with the European political and legal commitment for the climate neutrality by 2050 stemming from the European Green Deal and the EU Climate Law.

The first report will set the ERCST analytical framework and address the following question: what influences the determination of pathways for mobility decarbonization?

It will a) identify the desired outcomes that were used in defining the current pathways for mobility decarbonization, b) outline changes in the economic, political and social environment and c) determine new desired outcomes that need to be considered under current circumstances.

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.

OTHER MATERIALS

September 12, 2023

Industrial Carbon Management: submissions review – slides

June 30, 2023

Discussing ENVI position on the EC proposal strengthening the CO2 standards for HDVs – Slides

June 1, 2023

The EU Hydrogen Market: Fit for investments? – Slides

May 25, 2023

EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market – Slides

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October 21, 2022

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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.