CCUS Industrial Partnership: what next?

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Participants in the CCUS Forum in Oslo, hosted on 27-28 October, discussed several issues related to a strategic vision for CCUS, CO2 infrastructure, and CCUS industrial partnership. The Forum endorsed two documents prepared by the working groups on the CCUS Vision Strategy and CO2 Infrastructure. However, the industrial partnership concept still requires further reflection. Stakeholders […]

Post-COP27: In conversation with Jacob Werksman

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At COP26 in Glasgow, Parties finalised and adopted the Article 6 Rulebook and so the Paris Rulebook, exactly 6 years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Now, they are faced with the new challenge of implementing such decisions. However, many issues are still on the table to be discussed in Sharm el-Sheikh. J. Werksman, […]

(Carbon) Contracts for Difference: Priorities and Red Lines for the EU Scheme

This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around the topic of (C)CfDs, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. (C)CfDs are discussed as one of the most promising alternatives to foster the deployment of low-carbon industrial technologies. However, it is still uncertain how […]

The transition plans: beyond sustainable finance?

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The idea of presenting a transition plan – i.e., ensuring that the business model and strategy of the undertaking are compatible with the transition to a sustainable economy and with the limiting of global warming to 1.5 °C, in line with the Paris Agreement – will soon turn into a concrete legal obligation. It is […]

Certification of hydrogen and hydrogen-based end products

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This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders and policymakers on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around the hydrogen policy and regulatory framework, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. This meeting focused on the following issues: Why is certification of hydrogen and hydrogen-based products important? What is the relation between the different standards […]

State of the European Green Deal year-in-review

This meeting was part of a continuous series 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 recent developments in the EGD framework. Beginning of 2022 witnessed the continuation of a trend where climate and environmental policies have had […]

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence – how to make it work?

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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 […]

The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM

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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, […]

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

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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, […]