The Climate Law mandate the EU to set a 2040 climate target, within six months of the first Global Stocktake, as a crucial step toward achieving climate neutrality. The Commission is expected to release a communication about the 2040 target on February 6. Last year, during the Commission's public consultation on the subject, the European […]
This was an online event. The CBAM’s transitional period is now underway, however several issues remain unresolved ahead of the definitive period and numerous delegated and implementing legislations, along with reviews are due before the end of the transitional period. The ERCST’s CBAM V will start off 2024 by revisiting the topic of exports, this […]
In 2023, the policy framework related to CCUS and carbon removal technologies gained considerable momentum in the European Union thanks to the new legislative proposals developed by the European Commission, such as the Certification Framework for Carbon Removals (CRCF) and the announcement of an ‘Industrial Carbon Management’ strategy, alongside other pieces of legislation. In […]
“Important! Online participation is only possible for attendees located outside Brussels. Please be aware that Zoom access will not be available if you are in Brussels.” This meeting was by invitation only. This meeting was intended as a brainstorming meeting with a small group of invited stakeholders and policy makers, which brainstormed on the presentation […]
This was a public event - hybrid format. Ifo Institute and ERCST launched the initiative “Climate Policy Priorities for the Next European Commission” to identify and examine several issues that the EU institutions should consider as part of climate change policy developments after the 2024 elections (i.e., within the work of the new Commission). On […]
This was an online event. This meeting is by invitation only. If you are interested in attending, please register through the link below. *Registrations for this event are closed. The EU ETS is seen as one the important drivers since it came into operation in 2005. However, as we reach end of 2020’s and forward […]
ERCST organised this event together with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), and Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) This seminar encompassed three panels: Creating hydrogen demand: Decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors Creating hydrogen demand: Market design, legislation/regulation, and bankability Catalyzing an international hydrogen market: local demand or international off-take agreements? Report Draft […]
The Climate-Trade Nexus Assessment Workshop in Mexico City, Mexico, jointly organized by the ERCST and Iniciativa Climatica de Mexico (ICM), was successfully held on March 15th, 2024. The workshop aimed to explore how trade-related climate measures could accommodate different climate policies across developing country trading partners. Attendees discussed existing and potential measures and their implications, […]
The Climate-Trade Nexus Assessment Workshop in Sao Paolo, Brazil, jointly organized by the ERCST and Agroicone, was successfully held on March 18th, 2024. The workshop aimed to explore how trade-related climate measures could accommodate different climate policies across developing country trading partners. Attendees discussed existing and potential measures and their implications, as well as the […]
The Climate-Trade Nexus Assessment Workshop in Pretoria, South Africa, jointly organized by the ERCST and The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), was successfully held on March 20th, 2024. The workshop aimed to explore how trade-related climate measures could accommodate different climate policies across developing country trading partners. Attendees discussed existing and potential measures […]
This was an in-person event. * Registrations are closed. Agriculture is responsible for 13% of EU’s GHS, and the sector’s emissions have not decreased since 2010. Following the example of the recent extension of carbon pricing to road transport and buildings, emission trading in agriculture could provide the right incentives to decarbonise this sector. This […]
This meeting was a focus session where the project team received the feedback of the stakeholders on a detailed presentation of the draft contents of the 2024 State of the European Hydrogen Market Report. The State of the European Hydrogen Market Report aims to provide a "snapshot" of the development of the European hydrogen economy […]
