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Creating Markets for Low Carbon Products in the EU
This meeting is under Chatham House Rules / No press
This event is part of ERCST’s ‘Creating Markets for Low Carbon Products in the EU’ series and it will focus on identifying the supply- and demand-side policies to stimulate the creation of a (domestic) market for low-carbon products.
In this webinar, we want to understand the pluses and minuses of introducing policies aimed at incentivising demand for low carbon products:
- Who will have to pay the bill?
- Are there alternative approaches that could be adopted?
- Companies are increasingly being pushed to produce low carbon products, but for what purpose?
- What can be done to ensure that ‘green’ products will be competitive on the market?
- Is it more effective to level the playing field at the border with a carbon adjustment (BCA), or internally through other incentives on the EU market?
This session will cover in particular the case of creating a market for low carbon materials to manufacture cars and other road vehicles. The current EU legislation targets the emissions generated in the use phase by setting binding CO2 emission targets for new vehicles, to reduce the tailpipe emissions. However, policies aimed at incentivising the use of low carbon materials to reduce the climate impact of vehicles over their entire life cycle are missing. ERCST will conduct detailed mapping of the existing road transport policy in the EU to identify gaps and present needs to policy makers. The discussion will help to put forward and explore solutions to encourage demand for low carbon products from the automotive sector.
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Upcoming events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultation
January 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS Report
January 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative Proposal
January 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial Competitiveness
January 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?
January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00
Past events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructure
December 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gaps
December 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman Report
December 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00
