Designing Carbon Contracts for Difference

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This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around this topic, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. CCfDs […]

CBAM Global Townhall 2022

The European Commission has put forward a proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) which is the subject of ongoing discussions in the European Parliament and the Council. The […]

State of the EU Green Deal, the climate dimension of REPowerEU

This meeting was part of a series organized by ERCST on the European Green Deal, which started on 8 January 2020 right after the European Commission’s EGD was announced. This work stream aims to bring together policymakers and stakeholders on a regular basis to take stock of recent developments in the EGD framework. The climate […]

“Crunch issues” in the hydrogen and gas Directive

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This meeting intended to shed more light on some key issues in the, back then, proposed Hydrogen and Gas Directive. Namely: the definition for low carbon hydrogen, the regulatory principles […]

Nuclear energy and gas in the EU Taxonomy

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The EU Taxonomy was introduced in 2020 as a reporting tool. The declared goal of Taxonomy is to direct the flow of private capital to finance transition towards climate neutrality. It is a flagship project of the sustainable finance strategy adopted by the European Commission as a part of the European Green Deal. The Taxonomy, […]

Hydrogen and the RED Delegated Acts

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

On May 20th the European Commission published two delegated acts which are essential to complete the definition of RFNBOs (Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin) and hence to determine the role renewable hydrogen will play in EU decarbonization. In concrete: Delegated act on the methodology setting out the rules for the production of RFNBOs. Delegated act […]

Border Carbon Adjustment in the EU: Launch of Report on Indirect Emissions in the EU CBAM

Since 2019, ERCST has built up solid experience on BCAs and carbon leakage issues in the EU context. The ERCST Team has accompanied the CBAM file from its earliest stages in the legislative process, providing analytical input to the discussion on BCAs and fostering an informed debate with domestic and international stakeholders. One of the […]

ETS Revision for Phase IV. The EU ETS under trilogues

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The ETS has emerged as the backbone of the EU Climate Action and, especially in the last two years, as a crucial driver of decarbonisation. The Commission proposal to review the EU ETS Directive aims at aligning the emissions pathway of the ETS sectors with the new EU climate targets. Throughout the next decade, the […]

CBAM Global Townhall 2022 – Session 3: Carbon Clubs and International Cooperation on CBAM/BCAs

On the global stage, countries have been reacting to the developments surrounding the EU CBAM, and we can expect to see some follow suit. Ideally, there would be international coordination of these emerging policies; they have high-stakes implications for international trade, international equity, and climate diplomacy. Some have suggested that BCAs could be an essential […]

The State of the European Green Deal: Quo vadis EGD?

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This meeting is part of a series of events organized by ERCST on the European Green Deal. This workstream aims to bring together policymakers and stakeholders on a regular basis to take stock of current developments in the EGD framework. Since the the publication of the Fit for 55 proposals in July 2021,  the legislative […]