EU CBAM after Trilogues: Discussion with Gerassimos Thomas and roundtable

University Foundation Rue d’Egmont, 11, Brussels, Belgium

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 were yet to be concluded at this stage.   This event, which is part of the ERCST CBAM […]

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence – how to make it work?

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

The Due Diligence Directive Directive is part of the unfolding EU corporate sustainability landscape which aims at integrating sustainability to strategies and everyday activity of large undertakings. Among them the CSDDD is a special case. It focuses on environmental and human rights impacts of businesses, but it also introduces an obligation for large companies to […]

The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

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, […]

Expert Consultation: 2023 State of the EU ETS Report – by invitation only

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

The ERCST hosted brainstorming meeting with a small group of invited stakeholders and policy makers, which brainstormed on the presentation of the 2023 State of the EU ETS Report. It was the eight annual report on the State of the EU ETS and built on the reports produced by this group of authors, and other […]

The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM, ERCST’s assessment

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

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, […]

CCUS in the net-zero transition

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

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 […]

EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

During this meeting, ERCST intended to present the results of a research exercise on developing a climate change lens to analyse and inform the EU debate on reforming the electricity […]