On December 13^th 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 presented the assessment’s conclusions concerning the rationale and implications of the hydrogen inclusion in the EU CBAM. This assessment built 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 started by a presentation by ERCST’s CBAM team outlining some of the assessment’s conclusions, followed by a panel discussion, Q&A and debate.

Agenda    ERCST Slides