Launch of the ERCST Guide to the EU CBAM

The European Green Deal has strengthened the level of climate ambition, increasing the asymmetry of climate efforts by aiming to achieve climate neutrality in the European Union by 2050. This raises the question of how to deal with competitive pressure and carbon leakage, pushing Border Carbon Adjustments (BCAs) to the front as a possible solution. […]

EU-Turkey Climate Policy Dialogue: Deep dive on CBAM, ETS and the Just Transition Mechanism

This workshop is part of the project EU – Turkey Climate Policy Dialogue for civil societies. The overall objective of the project is to establish a sustained dialogue between Turkish and EU CSOs, private actors and public institutions on the articulation of Climate Change policy between the EU and Turkey and climate policy development in general. During […]

Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD)

Register Here This new work stream 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. CCfD are being discussed as one of the most promising options to foster the deployment of low-carbon industrial technologies. CCfD are one […]

Cooperation on Border Carbon Adjustments

The European Commission has 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. Indeed, the UK has pledged to put a CBAM in place, […]

ERCST’s COP26 side event on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

During this event, the Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) invites a group of leading Article 6 negotiators to discuss potential outcomes on Article 6 and how it relates to the wider outcome in Glasgow. COP26 is considered to be an important opportunity to give new momentum to international climate negotiations. Article 6 […]

COP26 Side Event ‘Reporting on the Impacts of Response Measures: Case Study in Ghana’

During this meeting, the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) will present the final results and main findings of the project “Reporting on the Impacts of Response Measures: Case Study in Ghana”, which was jointly implemented with the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana. The main objective of the project is to identify, measure and analyze the impacts of […]

The ETS for road transport and buildings: Why yes? Why not?

REGISTER This event aims to tackle the most important issues associated with the new ETS by answering the following questions: Is Carbon Pricing the right tools to decarbonize these sectors? What are the other non-price-based tools to decarbonize these sectors while also ensuring policy consistency across member states? How can the impact on households be […]