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 […]

EU CCUS policy: Net-Zero Industry Act & upcoming Commission’s Communication

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 net zero economy by 2050. In this framework, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technology is necessary to achieve ambitious climate targets. However, its deployment […]

2023 State of the EU ETS Report – Launch Event

Residence Palace. Rue de la Loi 155, 1000 Bruxelles. Residence Palace. Rue de la Loi 155, Bruxelles, Belgium

This was the launch event of the 2023 State of the EU ETS Report1. During this event the report was  presented by the authors and discussed by commentators. This was be the eighth annual report on the State of the EU ETS and builds on the reports produced by this group of authors, and other […]

Review of decarbonization policies for heavy-duty transport: the ERCST analytical framework

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

The objective of the ERCST project is to analyze the current pathways emerging from EU policy for decarbonisation of heavy-duty road transportation and propose, if necessary and appropriate, complementary and/or alternative policy pathways. They will be underpinned by the EU objective of climate neutrality stemming from the EU Climate Law. The EU Sustainable and Smart […]

Border Carbon Adjustment in the EU – CBAM in a portfolio of instruments for industrial decarbonization

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The EU ETS and CBAM are key drivers to achieve industrial decarbonization and secure a prosperous and industrial EU, but they must be accompanied by flanking measures to be effective in a context where they must face other decarbonisation approaches such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US and significant subsidies for green […]