Informal Dialogue on Response Measures
2019-12-01 09:30 - 12:30 UTC
By invitation only | Madrid
This meeting is part of the “Response Measures of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process” project, following the informal forum held in adjacent to SB 50 in Bonn. It aims to create an informal atmosphere, 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, looking at the impacts of implementation of response measures taken by Parties and how these mitigation policies/actions could have “in- and out-of-jurisdiction” or cross-border impacts. ERCST presented its Chile Country Case Study on providing and testing a methodology which assesses and analyses the adverse, and unintended impacts of existing and emerging, climate mitigation measures and policies. The session ended with looking at the way forward for the COP 25 discussions.

Workshop Materials
Workshop Agenda
Presentation on ERCST’s Chile Country Case Study
Report on ERCST’s Chile Country Case Study
Methodology Description on ERCST’s Chile Country Case Study

The European Green Deal - ERCST work and the role of the EU ETS
2020-01-08 14:00 - 17:00 UTC
The incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her intention to present an ambitious ‘European Green Deal’, which is expected to be a comprehensive policy package aimed at steering the EU towards becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent. While the exact content and impact of such a Green Deal remains unclear, it is certain to have strong implications for Europe’s economy and society.
As the new European Commission is expected to communicate the ‘European Green Deal’ on December 11th, this initial meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders to have a discussion on its content, brainstorm on its impact on the EU ETS and help structure the roundtables work on the Green Deal.
This meeting has two objectives:

Firstly, ERCST would like to identify in which areas of the European Green Deal work done by the Roundtable could be an added-value to the policy debate in Europe. Through an interactive discussion with our stakeholders, we want to discover which aspects and angles to the Green Deal could be interesting for ERCST’s to work on in the the coming years.
Secondly, through a brainstorm session, ERCST wants to identify stakeholders’ views on the impacts of the elements included in the European Green Deal on the EU ETS, and their views on the role of the ETS going forward in this ‘new world’.

This meeting is by invitation only.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Domien at dvangenechten@ercst.org.

Workshop Material(s)
agenda

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

2020 kick-off meeting + reception "international and EU climate change policy in 2020"
2020-01-08 17:30 - 20:00 UTC
ERCST, Carbon Market Watch and IETA have come together to organise a 2020 kick-off meeting and new year’s reception.

The event will be an opportunity to gather the Brussels-based carbon market community to discuss COP25 outcomes, the announced European Green Deal, celebrate the past year’s successes and reflect on the challenges ahead. During this meeting, high-level EU officials will share their views on the climate change policy agenda for 2020, after which you are all invited to share a glass with us to celebrate the start of the new year.

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Workshop Material(s)
agenda

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Indirect costs compensation in the EU ETS - revision of the State Aid Guidelines
2020-01-16 10:00 - 12:30 UTC
The state aid guidelines are up for revision – not review – which means that they could change significantly. The current guidelines expire on 31 December 2020, and the new guidelines would ‘indicatively’ be ready by Q3 2020 – just a few months before the new ones actually enter into force.
The new state aid guidelines will need to balance a number of issues, among which:

carbon leakage risk
risk of overcompensation and potential windfall profits
risk of internal market distortion
how to incentivise cost efficient decarbonisation

In 2019, the European Commission launched two consultations, a public one and a targeted one, on the revision of the ‘Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012’.
ERCST has actively engaged on this topic, organising a series of meetings on state aid guidelines and indirect costs compensation, and responding to the first public consultation. The next step in the process is the publication of the draft guidelines, which is expected to be published by the end of 2019. This meeting has the intention of discussing the draft guidelines with EU stakeholders.

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Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
ERCST presentation
Presentation by R. Vermeeren, European Commission
Presentation by C. O’Donoghue, Eurometaux
Presentation by R. Batier, Cerame-Unie

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Beyond the EU NDC & Impact on the EU ETS - outreach meeting in Paris
2020-01-27 10:00 - 12:30 UTC
In the context of the Paris Agreement, the European Union is increasing its efforts towards decarbonisation. Currently, the EU climate strategy is centred around three emissions reduction targets compared to 1990 levels: a cut of 20% of GHG emissions by 2020, at least 40% by 2030; and an implicit reduction of 80-95% by 2050. These targets have increasingly been put into question, as many stakeholders are pushing the EU to speed up its decarbonisation efforts and embrace the goal of climate neutrality by 2050.
In November 2019, ERCST presented its draft Report of the project ‘Beyond the EU NDC’. This project aims to assess whether Member States and other stakeholders are undertaking efforts to go ‘beyond’ their respective 2030 targets, and what their perspective is on the 2050 strategy and the potential target of carbon neutrality.
This is one of the outreach meetings of the ‘Beyond the EU NDC’ report, which will be discussed in 6 European capitals to gather further feedback from key stakeholders in Member States. 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 final report – which will include feedback from the roundtables across the EU – will be published in February 2020.
We would like to thank the Government of France for supporting the workshop.

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Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
ERCST presentation
Presentation by M. Matheu, EdF
Presentation by C. Tutenuit, EPE
Presentation by R. Trotignon, CEC and S. Quemin, LSE

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Beyond the EU NDC & Impact on the EU ETS - outreach meeting in Berlin
2020-01-31 09:30 - 12:00 UTC
In the context of the Paris Agreement, the European Union is increasing its efforts towards decarbonisation. Currently, the EU climate strategy is centred around three emissions reduction targets compared to 1990 levels: a cut of 20% of GHG emissions by 2020, at least 40% by 2030; and an implicit reduction of 80-95% by 2050. These targets have increasingly been put into question, as many stakeholders are pushing the EU to speed up its decarbonisation efforts and embrace the goal of climate neutrality by 2050.
In November 2019, ERCST presented its draft Report of the project ‘Beyond the EU NDC’. This project aims to assess whether Member States and other stakeholders are undertaking efforts to go ‘beyond’ their respective 2030 targets, and what their perspective is on the 2050 strategy and the potential target of carbon neutrality.
This is one of the outreach meetings of the ‘Beyond the EU NDC’ report, which will be discussed in 6 European capitals to gather further feedback from key stakeholders in Member States. 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 final report – which will include feedback from the roundtables across the EU – will be published in February 2020.
We would like to thank BMU for hosting the workshop.

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Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
ERCST presentation

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

A just transition to a climate neutral Europe: getting the basis right
2020-02-04 10:00 - 12:30 UTC
This workshop is jointly organised by ERCST and the European Policy Centre.

The Paris Agreement sets a clear goal and a direction for the world to become climate neutral in the second half of the century, if it wishes to stop the warming of the planet beyond 1.5-2oC. The European Commission has put forward a proposal for the EU to become climate neutral by 2050, which is one of the foundations of the European Green Deal and is currently under discussion.
The implications of becoming climate neutral will be felt across society and economy, across sectors and in the lives of every citizen. While this transition can have overall positive impacts on the environment, society and economy, it will need to be managed ensuring equity and social justice. As European Commission works on the details for the Green Deal, including on the Just Transition mechanism that aims to address the socio-economic consequences of climate change policies, it is essential to get this right. The transition can only succeed if citizens are participating in the transition and the distributional impacts of climate action are addressed.

This workshop aims to facilitate an exchange of views on the issues that are important to understand in achieving a Just Transition towards a climate-neutral European economy and society. Some of the questions that will be discussed are outlined below.
The meeting provides a possibility for stakeholders to discuss the ongoing debates and developments at the EU as well as member state level, but also beyond.

This meeting is by invitation only.
If you are interested in participating, Please send your participation request to Sara Viitanen (s.viitanen@epc.eu)

Workshop Material(s)
Draft Agenda

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Informal Forum on Article 6 - London
2020-02-20 09:00 - 2020-02-21 16:30 UTC
By invitation only
This meeting is part of the “Implementation of market and non-market provisions in the Paris Agreement” project, which aims to create an informal atmosphere, where the main objective is to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. That is, to understand the options available to define rules, modalities and procedures on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as well as the consequences of adopting each option.

Workshop material
London agenda

Presentations from day 1
Presentation on CORSIA
Presentation by K. Koakutsu
Presentation by A. Marcu
Presentation by J. Miguez
Presentation by L. Schneider
Presentation by P. Arumugam Pillai
Presentation by K. Koakutsu
Presentation by L. Schneider

Presentations from day 2
Presentation by S. Fellermeyer
Presentation by J. Cordano
Presentation by J. Grabert
Presentation by W. Betzenbichler

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Indirect costs compensation in the EU ETS - revision of the State Aid Guidelines (Public consultation discussion)
2020-03-04 13:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
The state aid guidelines for indirect costs compensation in the EU ETS are up for revision – not review – which means that they could change significantly. The current guidelines expire on 31 December 2020, and the new guidelines would ‘indicatively’ be ready by Q3 2020 – just a few months before the new ones actually enter into force.
The new state aid guidelines will need to balance a number of issues, among which:

carbon leakage risk
risk of overcompensation and potential windfall profits
risk of internal market distortion
how to incentivise cost efficient decarbonisation

In 2019, the European Commission held two consultations, a public one and a targeted one. Subsequently, on the 14th of January it published the draft guidelines, which are subject to a 8-week public consultation period, ending on March 10.
ERCST has actively engaged on this topic, organising a series of meetings on state aid guidelines and indirect costs compensation, and responding to the first public consultation. This meeting has the intention of discussing the draft guidelines with EU stakeholders, providing space for various stakeholders to present and discuss their submissions to the public consultation.
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Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
ERCST presentation
W. Stoefs (CMW) presentation
J. Delarue (ClientEarth) presentation

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Stakeholder meeting "Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU - issues and options"
2020-03-05 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
As part of the European Green Deal, implementation of a BCA is once again being considered as a measure to address competitiveness concerns within the EU. According to the roadmap for the European Green Deal, a proposal for a BCA for “selected sectors” will be released in 2021. So far, we can only speculate what such a BCA might look like, as few policy details have been released. Given the resurgence of discussions about BCAs on the EU political agenda, it is an opportune time to have a closer look at the various available policy design elements and options, along with the associated environmental, economic, political and legal implications, in order to better understand what form of BCA might work for the EU.
This meeting will be an opportunity for invited stakeholders to comment on, and contribute to, a draft paper being prepared by Andrei Marcu, Michael Mehling and Aaron Cosbey. This invitation is strictly personal.
The draft paper is intended to unpack the design elements of a BCA, develop options for each of these elements, and then analyze them based on the following five criteria:

Effectiveness in preventing emissions leakage and spurring climate action;
Ability to level the competitive playing field and shield European industry;
Compatibility with international law, especially WTO law;
Political viability and potential to disrupt diplomatic relations;
Technical and administrative feasibility.

Some of the questions that are planned for discussion on March 5th include:

Type of Mechanism: How should the ‘carbon border adjustment mechanism’ be implemented? Through a tax or tariff, an extension of the EU ETS, or an alternative mechanism (e.g. performance standards)? Should it only apply to imports, only to exports, or to both?
Geographic, Sectoral and Emissions Scope: Who and what should be covered by the mechanism? All countries, or only countries that meet, or fail to meet, certain criteria (e.g. development level, minimum carbon price, participation in international climate efforts)? Basic commodities only, or also more complex manufactured goods (and in both cases, how are these selected)? Direct (Scope 1) emissions only, or also indirect (Scope 2 and 3) emissions?
Determination of Embedded Carbon: How should the carbon intensity of products be determined? Based on sectoral/product benchmarks or averages, or based on actual (reported and verified) emissions? If averages/benchmarks are used, which? And should foreign producers be allowed to demonstrate actual emissions individually through verified emissions reports?
Adjustment Methodology: How should the EU determine the level of the ‘carbon border adjustment mechanism’? Should it use the difference in explicit carbon price levels between the EU ETS and the foreign jurisdiction? Or the difference in effective carbon rates, taking into account other climate mitigation policies? Or should it assume e.g. a global sectoral average, allowing foreign jurisdictions to prove the carbon constraints in the relevant sector are higher than the global average?
Use of Revenue: What purposes should revenue be used for? Should revenue collected with the ‘carbon border adjustment mechanism’ be earmarked for investments in the EU, for instance in clean innovation and infrastructure, or transition assistance to vulnerable sectors? Or should it be allocated to international climate finance, or otherwise sent outside the EU, for instance through an innovation fund?
Scenarios/options: in developing 1-3 implementation scenarios, what should be the focus and what kind of balance would you advise between different priorities?

This will be the first stakeholder event for this ERCST project on border carbon adjustment, which is supported by Eurofer, Enel, FuelsEurope, the French government, the German government, HeidelbergCement, MetInvest, and Solvay. Other funders are examining the possibility of joining.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Eric at ewilczynski@ercst.org

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
ERCST presentation
Presentation by G. Zachmann
Presentation by J. Cooper
Presentation by F. Branger

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Beyond the EU NDC & Impact on the EU ETS - outreach meeting in Warsaw
2020-03-09 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
In the context of the Paris Agreement, the European Union is increasing its efforts towards decarbonisation. Currently, the EU climate strategy is centred around three emissions reduction targets compared to 1990 levels: a cut of 20% of GHG emissions by 2020, at least 40% by 2030; and an implicit reduction of 80-95% by 2050. These targets have increasingly been put into question, as many stakeholders are pushing the EU to speed up its decarbonisation efforts and embrace the goal of climate neutrality by 2050.
In November 2019, ERCST presented its draft Report of the project ‘Beyond the EU NDC’. This project aims to assess whether Member States and other stakeholders are undertaking efforts to go ‘beyond’ their respective 2030 targets, and what their perspective is on the 2050 strategy and the potential target of carbon neutrality.
This is one of the outreach meetings of the ‘Beyond the EU NDC’ report, which will be discussed in 6 European capitals to gather further feedback from key stakeholders in Member States. 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 final report – which will include feedback from the roundtables across the EU – will be published in February 2020.
We would like to thank WiseEuropa for co-hosting the workshop.

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Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Presentation by ERCST

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

The European Green Deal: state of play
2020-03-11 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris)
President Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission released the communication on the ‘European Green Deal’ on December 11th 2020. It is presented as an outline of the new Commission’s commitment to tackling climate and environmental-related challenges. It is presented as a new growth strategy aimed at transforming the EU’s economy and lists a measures and legislative initiatives aimed at achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
Indeed, the European Green Deal can be seen as a collection of priorities, principles and areas where legislative proposals will be produced in the coming years. At this stage, it is very broad and all-encompassing, and still lacking much detail.
Following the initial brainstorm meeting organised by ERCST in January, this meeting will be an opportunity for participants to take stock of these recent policy developments announced under the European Green Deal, including the investment plan (EGDIP), the Just Transition Mechanism and the proposal for a climate law ensuring the carbon neutrality objective. This will be followed by a discussion on what can be expected in the coming months and how the transition will be financed.

This meeting is by invitation only – please contact Dariusz at ddybka@ercst.org if you wish to participate

Workshop Material(s)
Draft agenda
Presentation EIB ERCST_Just Transition
Presentation CEEP Green Deal
Presentation ERCST Beyond NDC

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Brainstorm on "2020 State of the EU ETS Report"
2020-03-11 13:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
The EU ETS Directive in its Article 10(5) refers to the fact that the European Commission has to submit each year a report on the functioning of the EU ETS. Taking stock of the success, or lack thereof, of such an important instrument must be seen as an essential ingredient in ensuring it can deliver, and that it keeps the EU on the path to decarbonisation, while not losing sight of other important considerations, in a world where there will continue to exist asymmetrical climate change policies.
While the European Commission has its role to play in providing an official report, it is also important that an independent review and assessment of the functioning and delivery of the EU ETS take place. ERCST, together with a number of EU-based think tanks, all with a long experience in the EU ETS and climate change policy debate, have come together to develop a yearly report, which provides an independent view of the state of the EU ETS, and its deliveries, at a certain time. The 2019 edition is available through this link.
In 2020, the fifth annual report on the State of the EU ETS will be produced, this year together with the Wegener Center on on climate and global change, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and EcoAct. This first brainstorm meeting in Brussels will bring together a small group of stakeholders deeply involved in the EU ETS discussion, to discuss the draft version of the 2020 report and highlight potential areas that need more attention.
The report focuses on 5 key areas:

Recent policy developments and implications
Environmental delivery
Economic delivery
Market functioning
Issues to monitor for the future

If you are interested in participating, please contact Domien at dvangenechten@ercst.org. More information on the project and event can be found here.

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Presentation – 2020 State of the EU ETS Report
2019 State of the EU ETS Report

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Beyond the EU NDC & Impact on the EU ETS - outreach meeting in Helsinki
2020-03-13 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
In the context of the Paris Agreement, the European Union is increasing its efforts towards decarbonisation. Currently, the EU climate strategy is centred around three emissions reduction targets compared to 1990 levels: a cut of 20% of GHG emissions by 2020, at least 40% by 2030; and an implicit reduction of 80-95% by 2050. These targets have increasingly been put into question, as many stakeholders are pushing the EU to speed up its decarbonisation efforts and embrace the goal of climate neutrality by 2050.
In November 2019, ERCST presented its draft Report of the project ‘Beyond the EU NDC’. This project aims to assess whether Member States and other stakeholders are undertaking efforts to go ‘beyond’ their respective 2030 targets, and what their perspective is on the 2050 strategy and the potential target of carbon neutrality.
This is one of the outreach meetings of the ‘Beyond the EU NDC’ report, which will be discussed in 6 European capitals to gather further feedback from key stakeholders in Member States. 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 final report – which will include feedback from the roundtables across the EU – will be published in February 2020.
We would like to thank Sitra for co-hosting the workshop.
If you would like to participate in this workshop, please send a mail to Domien
NOTE: Due to travel restrictions and lockdown measures put in place as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak, this workshop was held via online video conference.

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
O. Honkatukia, Finnish Ministry of Environment – opening remarks
A. Marcu, ERCST – going beyond the EU NDC paper presentation
L. Saikku, SYKE – Towards Carbon Neutral Municipalities
I. Rasanen, City of Lappeenranta
R. Pinomaa, Finnish Chemical Industry – carbon neutral chemicals 2045
A. Marcu, ERCST – European Green Deal and BCAs
O. Haanpera, Sitra – Aligning the EU ETS with the Paris Agreement
K. Kankaanpaa, Fortum – climate policy developments at the EU level and impact on the EU ETS

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU project call – feedback to the Commission’s roadmap
2020-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Paris)
The project video call was an opportunity for ERCST to share its draft feedback on the European Commission’s inception impact assessment for the proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism, and gather perspectives and notes from the project funders as well as other experts active in this topic. In addition, ERCST continued the discussion from the March 5th meeting regarding the building blocks and criteria for a BCA, including the discussion of a number of scenarios that were assembled by the project team. Please find ERCST’s feedback submission in the workshop materials below.

Workshop Material(s)
Feedback on CBAM Inception Impact Assessment

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

The Politics of Border Carbon Adjustments in the European Green Deal - Dream or Reality?
2020-03-25 15:30 - 17:30 (Europe/Paris)
The European Green Deal Package was presented on December 11, 2019. It contains a large number of components, some of which are already being discussed, such as the Just Transition Mechanism or the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, as well as a commitment to introducing a border carbon adjustment mechanism (BCAM) in the EU.
As the EU considers its most ambitious decarbonisation targets yet under the European Green Deal, many consider a border carbon adjustment essential to sustain Europe’s continued leadership in a world of asymmetrical climate efforts. Technical and administrative details need to be resolved for such a policy to become reality, and that will be complex. But the greatest challenges will likely be political in nature. Which stakeholders will support or opposed a border adjustment for climate, and, in particular, how are Europe’s foreign trade partners going to react?
The webinar will take the form of a high-level dialogue, aimed to start an informal conversation on one of the most controversial elements of the EU’s policy agenda in coming years, BCAs. This webinar features a panel conversation with leading thinkers on the issues, and offers an opportunity for interaction with policy makers and stakeholders.

Please note that, due to current circumstances, the meeting will take place via online video conference. Registration link to the Webinar.

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Presentation by J. Cooper
Presentation by G. Pons

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Article 6 Informal Dialogue - Article 6.4 Transition discussion (1st webinar)
2020-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Paris)
This was a discussion via videoconference on the startup for Article 6.4, including what is needed and how it can be accomplished. During the webinar, the discussion focused mainly on two topics:
1. How to set up an efficient Art 6.4 mechanism, including considerations on how to register first and subsequent activities, what standards to put in place for validation and verification, and how to design an effective registry infrastructure.
2. CDM activity transition, including considerations on what methodology will be transitioned to Art 6.4 and how to ensure compliance with the Art 6.4 rules.

Presentations:
Presentation on Mapping Art 6.4
Presentation by K. Koakutsu
Presentation by A. Merrill Steen

Related Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Energy Taxation Directive – feedback to the Commission’s roadmap
2020-03-30 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
This meeting was an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss the review of the Energy Taxation Directive, of which the process was recently started by the European Commission. ERCST shared its draft feedback on the European Commission’s inception impact assessment, which was used as a basis for the discussions.
Please find ERCST’s feedback submission in the workshop materials below.

Workshop Material(s)
Feedback on Energy Taxation Directive Inception Impact Assessment

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

The 2030 Climate Target Plan - Impact Assessment and role of the EU ETS
2020-04-07 10:00 - 12:10 (Europe/Paris)
To put the EU firmly on a path towards climate neutrality by 2050, the Commission will propose an increased greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 from at least 40% to at least 50% to 55% (compared to 1990), including through an amendment to the recently proposed Climate Law. The Communication will set out potential implications for the overall regulatory and enabling framework. It will describe the overall architecture of policy measures to be put in place to achieve that target.
Following the series of discussions on the Green Deal and Climate Law, ERCST organises this online webinar, which will be an opportunity for participants to reflect on the process and implications of the review of the 2030 target, and how the increase in ambition can be financed, with an initial focus on the role of the EU ETS funds and EUA revenues.
This first session will shed light on the upcoming impact assessment, focusing on what the Commission intends to assess, and what not, and what stakeholders deem important to be included in this exercise. The second session aims to take a deeper dive, focusing on the role of the EU ETS in contributing to the achievement of the revised 2030 target, both in terms of the emission reductions to be contributed, as well as the role it could play in financing the transition, through revenue recycling of the auctioning of EUAs.

If you wish to participate, please send a mail to Dariusz at ddybka@ercst.org

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Presentation by ERCST
Presentation by R. Jeszke, KOBIZE
Presentation by E. Jackson, BNEF
Presentation by G. Zachmann, Bruegel

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Stakeholder meeting "Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU: Issues and Options" - April 2020 Update
2020-04-15 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
As part of the European Green Deal, implementation of a BCA is once again being considered as a measure to address competitiveness concerns within the EU. According to the roadmap for the European Green Deal, a proposal for a BCA for “selected sectors” will be released in 2021. So far, we can only speculate what such a BCA might look like, as few policy details have been released. Given the resurgence of discussions about BCAs on the EU political agenda, it is an opportune time to have a closer look at the various available policy design elements and options, along with the associated environmental, economic, political and legal implications, in order to better understand what form of BCA might work for the EU.
This videoconference will be an opportunity for invited stakeholders to contribute to a draft paper being prepared by Andrei Marcu, Michael Mehling, and Aaron Cosbey. The meeting will feature a panel conversation with leading thinkers on the issues, and offers an opportunity for interaction with policymakers and stakeholders.
This is the second stakeholder event for this ERCST project on border carbon adjustment, which is supported by Eurofer, Enel, FuelsEurope, the French government, the German government, HeidelbergCement, MetInvest, and Solvay.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Dariusz at ddybka@ercst.org.

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Presentation on BCAs: issues and options by ERCST

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

The European Climate Law - feedback to the Commission's proposal
2020-04-16 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/Paris)
The European Climate law was one of the flagship measures proposed by the new Commission, to be adopted within the first 100 days of its mandate. It claims to “set the direction of travel for EU climate action, give predictability for investors, and anchor the irreversibility of the transformation”. A stakeholder’ consultation meeting took place in Brussels on January 28, and a first feedback period was completed on February 6, with close to 1000 contributions.
The proposal of the European Climate Law itself was published on March 4th, outlining the (legal) framework for achieving climate neutrality by 2050, including:

Providing certainty and confidence on the EU’s commitments;
Enhancing adaptation efforts;
Set out a process to enhance and review the trajectory;
Assessment of progress against the commitments;
Assessment and review of existing policies in light of consistency with the objectives of the climate law.

The proposal is now subjected to an 8week feedback period. All feedback is to be summarized by the Commission and presented to the Parliament and Council. The climate law is a ‘game changer’ for the EU’s climate ambition, as it enshrines a pathway of the next three decades, and should be examined with the outmost attention. The issue of timing should also be examined in light of the current constraints on the public debate.

This meeting aims discuss stakeholders’ views on the climate law and feedback they plan to submit. ERCST will present its feedback to foster debate, which will be followed by a discussion among participants.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Domien at dvangenechten@ercst.org.

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Presentation from ERCST

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Webinar: launch of the "2020 State of the EU ETS" Report
2020-04-28 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Paris)
This webinar will launch the 2020 State of the EU ETS Report, this year together with the Wegener Center on on climate and global change, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and EcoAct. During the meeting, the authors will present the Report and their findings through a presentation, after which the Report will be commented on by some invited speakers and a Q&A. This will be the fifth annual report on the State of the EU ETS.
The annual “State of the EU ETS” Report aims to provide an independent contribution to the policy debate, which is needed to ensure that the EU ETS is “fit for purpose”.
This year’s report focuses on 5 key areas:

Recent policy developments and implications
Environmental delivery
Economic delivery
Market functioning
The EU ETS in the European Green Deal.

Registration link

Workshop Material(s)
Webinar Agenda
2020 State of the EU ETS Report
Presentation of the 2020 State of the EU ETS Report
Presentation by P. Rezabek

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Informal Forum on Implementation of the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (2nd webinar)
2020-05-06 02:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
This meeting is part of the “Implementation of market and non-market provisions in the Paris Agreement” project, which aims to create an informal atmosphere, where the main objective is to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. That is, to understand the options available to define rules, modalities and procedures on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as well as the consequences of adopting each option.
Since 2014, ERCST has been hosting an ‘informal dialogue’ between negotiators, informed by a few selected expert. Under the current circumstances, the dialogue is currently being organised through regularly scheduled webinars.
This session will focus on what needs to be done in CMA & CMP — How does the CDM EB and the Art 6.4 Supervisory Body interact?

Participation in these meetings is by invitation only. If you wish to participate, please send an email to Dana Agrotti at dagrotti@ercst.org

Workshop Material(s)
Presentation by A. Steen (UNFCCC)
Presentation by M. Hession (EC)
Presentation by M. Carrilho Soares (Brazil)
Presentation by D. Maosheng (China)

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

The European Green Deal: state of play
2020-05-12 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris)
This meeting is part of a continuous series of meetings organised by ERCST on the European Green Deal. This work stream aims to bring together policymakers and stakeholders on a regular basis to take stock on recent developments, look ahead to what is in the pipeline, and discuss the general implementation of the EGD framework. The last meeting in this series took place on March 11.
The European Green Deal can be seen as a collection of priorities, principles and areas where legislative proposals will be produced in the coming years. While the full scope of the EGD is not yet clear, and many of the policy choices will only be decided upon at a later stage, a number of policy initiatives have already been unveiled or kicked off in recent months.
This session will focus on the recent policy initiatives initiated under the European Green Deal, including the proposal for the Climate Law, the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive, the Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM) and the 2030 target plan.
It will also be an opportunity for stakeholders to engage in a discussion on the process and timeline of the implementation of the Green Deal, how it might be impacted by the COVID-19 induced crisis, and what role it can play in the post-crisis recovery period.

Registration Link

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
ERCST presentation – the European Green Deal: State of Play
Overview of EGD implementation – feedback opportunities

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Creating markets for low-carbon products in the EU
2020-05-19 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Historically, EU and Member State climate policies have strongly focused on reducing GHG emissions that are produced within their jurisdictions. Less emphasis has been put on policies, being it command-and-control or economic, aimed at incentivising (domestic) demand for low-carbon products.
Many EU producers are making investments to lower their emissions, subsequently increasing their production costs and the costs of their final product vis-à-vis non-EU producers of similar goods. Yet, due to the lack of incentives to buy these lower-carbon, (often) more expensive goods, consumption can shift to higher-carbon imports.
This is a perverse effect that should be mitigated. While carbon leakage measures, such as for example in place in the EU ETS, can mitigate this effect, mitigation alone is not sufficient to help speed up the global transition to a low-carbon economy.
While research shows that EU consumers are slowly shifting their consumption patterns towards lower-carbon products, this shift is not fast enough to reach the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
This meeting is intended as a public brainstorming session to start the debate on how to stimulate the creation of a (domestic) market for low-carbon products. This will be the first of a series of meetings offering an opportunity for discussion between stakeholders and policymakers in the context of the implementation of the European Green Deal.
For the European Green Deal to succeed, it is vital to encourage demand-side options aimed at building a mass market for low-carbon products. Wider and more concerted actions will allow to boost green demand and make the case for investment in low-carbon technologies and innovations.
This session will focus on understanding the state of thinking on this topic from the industry, think tanks and government perspectives, the current and planned policies that will ensure that this market emerges, and the gaps that exist.
The webinar will start with an introduction to the topic by Andrei Marcu and Matteo Caspani, followed by an exchange of views with researchers, stakeholders and the European Commission.

Registration Link

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
ERCST presentation
Presentation from Fulvia Raffaelli (DG GROW)
Presentation from Karsten Neuhoff (DIW Berlin)
Presentation from Oliver Sartor (Agora Energiewende)
Presentation from Adolfo Aiello (Eurofer)

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (3rd webinar)
2020-05-26 01:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
This meeting is part of the “Implementation of market and non-market provisions in the Paris Agreement” project, which aims to create an informal atmosphere, where the main objective is to explore, discover, explain and understand different points of view related to the issues in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. That is, to understand the options available to define rules, modalities and procedures on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as well as the consequences of adopting each option.
Since 2014, ERCST has been hosting an ‘informal dialogue’ between negotiators, informed by a few selected expert. Under the current circumstances, the dialogue is currently being organised through regularly scheduled webinars.
This session will focus on the transition of CERs from the CDM.

Participation in these meetings is by invitation only. If you wish to participate, please send an email to Dana Agrotti at dagrotti@ercst.org

Workshop Material(s)
DRAFT Chair’s reflections on ERCST’s last meeting on CMA CMP transition
Presentation by A. Marcu
Presentation by K. Koakutsu
Presentation by F. Wolke
Presentation by C. Vrolijk

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Stakeholders' Views on the Submissions for Energy Taxation Directive
2020-05-27 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
As part of the policy updates foreseen under the European Green Deal, the European Commission released on March 4th an Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on the Revision of the Energy Taxation Directive.
The Commission received feedback from 180 industry representatives, think tanks, NGOs, and private citizens from around the EU, who submitted comments detailing their opinions and suggestions on the IIA. In addition to submitting our own feedback paper (available here), ERCST has synthesised other stakeholders’ feedback, highlighting the suggestions and their main differences and commonalities.
This meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss the feedback received ahead of the public consultation period expected in Q2. ERCST will present a synthesis of selected feedback received for the ETD IIA and will moderate a discussion among representatives from some of the organisations that provided feedback to the IIA.

Registration Link

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Feedback on Energy Taxation Directive Inception Impact Assessment
DRAFT Submissions Summary Paper

Presentations
Presentation by ERCST
Presentation by WindEurope
Presentation by FuelsEurope
Presentation by Electricité de France
Presentation by European Environmental Bureau

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Stakeholders' Views on the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
2020-05-28 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
The European Commission released the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms for public review and commenting (due on April 1). Over 200 corporations, think tanks, NGOs, and private citizens from around the EU submitted comments detailing their opinions and suggestions on the IIA. In addition to submitting our own feedback paper (available here), ERCST has synthesised other stakeholders’ feedback, highlighting the main differences and commonalities.
This meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss the IIA in greater depth in a more informal environment. ERCST will discuss its synthesis of feedback for the CBAM IIA, and will mediate a discussion among representatives from organisations that provided comments to the IIA, as well as other stakeholders.

Registration Link

Workshop Material(s)
Draft Agenda
BCA Submissions Summary paper (draft)
ERCST Presentation
Europe Jacques Delors Presentation

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

The 2030 Climate Target Plan - Public Consultation meeting
2020-06-03 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris)
To put the EU firmly on a path towards climate neutrality by 2050, the Commission will propose an increased greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 from at least 40% to at least 50% to 55% (compared to 1990), including through an amendment to the recently proposed Climate Law. The Communication will set out potential implications for the overall regulatory and enabling framework. It will describe the overall architecture of policy measures to be put in place to achieve that target.
In April, ERCST organised a webinar which focussed on the upcoming impact assessment, exploring what the Commission intends to assess, and what not, and what stakeholders deem important to be included in this exercise. It also took a deeper dive, focusing on the role of the EU ETS in contributing to the achievement of the revised 2030 target, both in terms of the emission reductions to be contributed, as well as the role it could play in financing the transition, through revenue recycling of the auctioning of EUAs.

In its draft report on the European Climate Law, the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament has brought to the table a number of new ideas, including running ahead of the Commission’s communication by proposing 2030 and 2040 targets, as well as an EU carbon budget and the objective of achieving neutrality not only at the EU level, but also on the sectoral / Member States level.
The 2030 climate plan Communication, expected in September 2020, will set out the proposed targets, as well as potential implications for the overall regulatory and enabling framework. It will describe the overall architecture of policy measures to be put in place to achieve that target.
As part of the series of ongoing discussions on the Green Deal, the Climate Law and the 2030 targets, ERCST organizes this online webinar, which will be an opportunity for participants to reflect on the process and implications of the review of the 2030 target, how it is articulated with the climate law discussion, and how the increase in ambition can be financed, taking into account the Recovery Package and the updated MFF proposal.

Registration Link

Workshop Material(s)
Agenda

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Border Carbon Adjustments - Conceptual Stakeholders Meeting on Alternatives
2020-06-09 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
As the EU considers its most ambitious decarbonization targets yet under the European Green Deal, many consider a border carbon adjustment essential to sustain Europe’s continued leadership in a world of asymmetrical climate efforts. Technical and administrative details need to be resolved for such a policy to become reality, and that will be complex. In the workstream on ‘Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU’, ERCST will carefully analyse the options to consider when designing a BCA, with the objective of creating 2-3 BCA proposals that could be implemented at the EU level.
This is the third public meeting for ERCST’s workstream on ‘Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU’. The intention of these meetings is to facilitate discussion among a variety of stakeholders on the objectives, concerns, and options that should be considered when designing a BCA in the EU. This session will focus on the assessment of possible alternatives for BCAs, such as carbon contracts for difference (CfD) and a consumption charge (CC).

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Workshop Material(s)
Agenda
Presentation on BCA alternatives by ERCST
Presentation on BCA alternatives by O. Sartor, Agora Energiewende

Upcoming Events
Product Standards in the EU – Stakeholder consultationJanuary 12 @ 14:30 - 16:30Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS ReportJanuary 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative ProposalJanuary 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial CompetitivenessJanuary 15 @ 14:30 - 16:30Debate – Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: will it be the signal for hydrogen demand to emerge?January 22 @ 15:00 - 17:00

Past Events
Discussion – Public consultation on CO2 markets and infrastructureDecember 16 @ 10:00 - 11:30Launch event – Towards a comprehensive hydrogen infrastructure – Assessing progress and addressing gapsDecember 11 @ 15:00 - 17:00Launch Event: EU ETS – CBAM Strawman ReportDecember 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00
