2018 State of the EU ETS – Paris Meeting

This is one of the outreach meetings of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report, organised in 4 European capitals. During this meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be discussed in a roundtable setting with stakeholders. The “2018 State of the EU ETS” […]

Developing the EU long-term climate strategy – The Challenge Ahead

This workshop presents and discusses the results of the “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” project. The technical and policy papers are the deliverables of a yearlong effort, which included an initial brainstorming in Brussels in June 2017, followed by a series of stakeholder engagements in several EU capitals at the beginning of 2018. The consultative process […]

2018 State of the EU ETS – Berlin Meeting

This is one of the outreach meetings of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report, organised in 4 European capitals. During this meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be discussed in a roundtable setting with stakeholders. The “2018 State of the EU ETS” […]

2018 State of the EU ETS – Prague Meeting

This is one of the outreach meetings of the 2018 State of the EU ETS Report, organised in 4 European capitals. During this meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be discussed in a roundtable setting with stakeholders. The “2018 State of the EU ETS” […]

Developing the EU long-term climate strategy

This workshop presents and discusses the results of the “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” project in Bucharest. The technical and policy papers are the deliverables of a yearlong effort, which included an initial brainstorming in Brussels in June 2017, followed by a series of stakeholder engagements in several EU capitals at the beginning of 2018. The […]

Informal Dialogue on Response Measures

This meeting is part of the “Informal dialogue on Response Measures" project, an independent initiative aimed at creating an informal dialogue where the participants can explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 4.15 of the Paris Agreement. The objective is to further understanding of the options available […]

EU ETS: implementation of the funding mechanisms

The revision for the fourth phase of EU Emissions Trading System (2021-2030) introduced a number of important changes concerning funding mechanisms in the system. Existing mechanisms – solidarity provision and 10c derogation – were updated, and new instruments – the Modernisation Fund and the Innovation Fund – have been added. Adoption of the ETS Directive was merely […]

EU Long-Term Climate Strategy: the business perspective

Overall impact of sectoral roadmaps: A dialogue between business and think tanks The meeting aims to discuss the results of the Bruegel and ICTSD project “Developing the EU long-term climate strategy” with business stakeholders and think tanks. The European Commission is expected to publish the new long-term climate strategy document in late November. Next to […]

The EU’s NDC after the Talanoa Dialogue

ERCST and EUI are jointly working on a project which provides the opportunity for a public debate on the possibility of increasing the ambition of the EU climate policy in the 2030 perspective. In light of this project, a discussion paper was written outlining the various options to enhance the EU NDC and a set of criteria […]

Pre-COP Briefing

During the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP) of November 2017 in Bonn, Parties had the aim to make significant progress on the development of the “Paris rulebook”. COP24, which will take place from 3-14 December 2018 in Katowice, seeks to continue to work out and ultimately adopt a package of decisions ensuring the full […]

EU ETS: Impacts of the new clean energy package targets on the MSR

The Market Stability Reserve was put in place to address the current surplus of EUA’s in the market, as well as “normal” levels of surplus that may emerge in future years. The performance of the MSR is therefore critical to the well-functioning of the EU ETS. However, the parameters have not been tested in real life, and […]