• 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, CBAM will also apply to hydrogen together with cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, and electricity. During this meeting ERCST presented the assessment’s conclusions concerning […]

  • The paths to decarbonised and sustainable transport: Stakeholders’ meeting

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    The objective of the project is to analyse the current pathways emerging from EU policy for decarbonisation of heavy-duty road transportation including links to the other transportation modes 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Expert Consultation: CBAM and Flanking Measures for Industrial Decarbonisation

    In December 2022, the European institutions reached a provisional agreement in the CBAM trilogues. The transitional phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism started in October 2023, with actual implementation starting from 2026. In this roundtable, we discussed the function of the CBAM in a portfolio of instruments for industrial decarbonisation, focusing on the role of […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • EU Climate Policy & Electricity Market Design

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    The ERCST workstream on “EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market” provides analytical input on the interactions between EU climate policy and electricity market. Within the scope of the first part of this […]