Drawing on the lessons of a previous stock-take on the topic discussed in December 2021, this meeting intended to identify main gaps in the current EU regulatory framework for hydrogen following the publication of the hydrogen and decarbonized gas market package and other relevant legislative acts, such as the Delegated Act on Renewable Fuels of […]
This meeting was part of the ERCST initiative, which aims to create an informal atmosphere, where the main objective is to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view […]
The discussion focused on the current EUA price level and their impact on decarbonisation efforts, both in industrial sectors, as well as other sectors of the economy. The reaction in the EU seems to vary depending on sectors and EU Member States. Some sectors see the very rapid price increase as beneficial and supportive of […]
This session intended to look at State of the EGD after two years, after some of the Draft Parliament opinions had been issued, and in light of the international situation […]
The European Commission put forward a proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) – an enabler of ambitious climate policy in a world of unequal ambition. As other countries respond to the climate crisis, we can expect to see them follow suit. Ideally there would be international coordination of these emerging policies; they have […]
This workshop was part of the project EU – Turkey Climate Policy Dialogue for civil societies. The overall objective of the project was to establish a sustained dialogue between Turkish […]
In January 2021, the EC carbon price raised to 89.42 euros/tons of CO2. One year before, the EU carbon price was 33 euros/tons of CO2. This rapid price increase in addition to the recent energy crisis, has triggered discussions about the possibility of EU authorities to trigger the Article 29 of the EU ETS Directive […]
The European Commission has proposed a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, aiming to have the regime functional by 2023, and negotiations are ongoing on the shape of the final instrument. One of the most critically important issues, yet to be resolved, is the question of whether Scope 2 emissions should be included under the mechanism. This […]
PwC has recently published in the context of COP26 a study together with the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the international carbon price, which finds that an international carbon price […]
This meeting took the form of a working group where stakeholders discussed specific elements of the EU sustainable finance agenda. This meeting was dedicated to the topic of EU Taxonomy […]
After the publication of the European Commission Hydrogen Strategy in July 2020 and after the publication of the Fit for 55 first set of publications in July 2021, the Commission […]
Co-convened by ERCST and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) The European Green Deal has strengthened the level of climate ambition by aiming to achieve climate neutrality in the European Union by 2050. The European Commission has proposed a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as the preferred option to address the risk of carbon leakage. […]
