• Stakeholders’ meeting – The Paths to Decarbonized and Sustainable Transport -outline of the second report

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    This was a hybrid meeting.  The ERCST project seeks to evaluate EU policy pathways for decarbonizing heavy-duty road transportation and suggest new or complementary strategies aligned with the EU's climate neutrality goal.  The first report set the ERCST analytical framework, assessing the factors shaping mobility decarbonization and identifying desired outcomes against the backdrop of evolving […]

  • Renewable hydrogen: what way forward?

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    This was a public hybrid event under Chatham House rules In the last consultation organised by ERCST, stakeholders identified a number of barriers to the uptake of renewable hydrogen. On […]

  • Public perception of CCUS and carbon removals

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    This was an in-person event. Scaling up CCUS and carbon removal technologies is essential for global climate neutrality by 2050, but their roles vary internationally. The EU’s ‘Net Zero Industry […]

  • EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market – Launch Report

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    This was a public hybrid event under Chatham House rules. The ERCST's "EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market" workstream offers analytical insights into the interplay between EU climate policy and the electricity market, using a framework matrix for evaluating the EC's electricity market reform proposal from a climate perspective. In past discussions, ERCST examined how […]

  • Pre-COP28: In conversation with Jacob Werksman

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    At the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28), discussions were set to build on topics from COP27 and the Bonn Conference, focusing on debates like reducing or […]

  • Carbon Removal Certification Framework: What is next?

    ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

    This was an in-person event. In 2023, CCUS and carbon removal technology are gaining considerable momentum in the European Union thanks to the new legislative proposals developed by the European Commission, such as the Net-Zero Industry Act and the upcoming Commission’s strategy. At the same time, in November 2022, the Commission also proposed a Regulation […]

  • International Townhall: CBAM from Concept to Action and Regulation in Trade Partner Countries

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    Following the  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulation entering its transitional phase on the 1 October 2023, this International Town Hall explored the challenges that the implementation of CBAM has faced so far and the upcoming challenges and opportunities for trade partner countries. The event included two sessions, one that focused on the implications and […]

  • Roundtable Discussion – Corporate Supply Chain Due Diligence Directive: How Far Can Brussels Reach?

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

    On 23 February 2022, the European Commission proposed a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, mandating large EU companies to identify, prevent, and mitigate adverse human rights and environmental impacts within their operations, subsidiaries, and across their value chain. This Directive is notable for its extraterritorial reach, requiring companies to oversee not just their direct […]