Role of Supply Chain Emissions in decarbonization and compliance

Climate policy in the EU has so far lacked a holistic view on how supply chain emissions are addressed and accounted for. In the EU, the main legislation which currently governs its climate ambition and corporate compliance are focused on Scope 1 emissions, and to some extent on Scope 2 emissions. At the same time, […]

Border Carbon Adjustment in the EU: ERCST Sectoral Report Launch

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, and European Council conclusions from July, a proposal for a BCA for “selected sectors” will be released in 2021 and […]

Preparing for the review of the EU ETS – carbon pricing in non-ETS sectors

Registration This meeting is under Chatham House Rules This meeting is part of a series of webinars which are part of ERCST’s work stream on the revision of the EU Emission Trading System. Our aim is to bring together a group of stakeholders on a regular basis to discuss the most important issues on the […]

Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement – March 2021

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 […]

ITRE Report on Hydrogen and the Role of Low Carbon Hydrogen in the Transition

Registration Link This webinar will open ERCST work stream on hydrogen which aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around this topic, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. On 8 July 2020 the European Commission adopted its hydrogen strategy which originally was supposed to […]

State of the European Green Deal – from strategy to delivery

This meeting is part of a continuous series organized by ERCST on the European Green Deal, which started on 8 January 2020 right after the European Commission’s EGD was announced. This work stream aims to bring together policymakers and stakeholders on a regular basis to take stock on recent developments in the EGD framework. In […]

The ERCST CBAM Proposal Launch

On March 18, ERCST presented the Sectoral CBAM Report with a deep dive into the specificities of individual sectors as well as chapter synthetizing the findings to a general CBAM Design. According to the roadmap for the European Green Deal, and European Council conclusions from July, a proposal for a BCA for “selected sectors” will […]

How to finance the transition in the EU: the role of the EU taxonomy

This ERCST webinar is dedicated to the topic of sustainable finance. The workstream aims at bringing together relevant stakeholders (including policymakers and practitioners from the financial and corporate community) on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. This webinar will gather a heterogeneous group to discuss the issue […]

Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement – April 2021

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 […]

Post 2021 Summit on Climate & Road to COP 26 in Glasgow

While EU is preparing its ambitious Fit for 55 package and implementing the Green Deal – US is currently rejoining the climate club. Globally not only suspended COP negotiations are deciding its format, but also the BCA discussions emerge in different jurisdictions. A series of recent White House announcements have put the climate policy at […]

Report Launch: The review of the EU ETS Market Stability Reserve (MSR)

This webinar will launch a new report jointly produced by ERCST and BloombergNEF - The review of the MSR. The report is intended as a 'mock' review of the MSR in which its track-record and potential issues and options for the review are modelled and assessed. This report is the continuation and implementation of ERCST 2019 report […]