Window on 2024 – With Yvon Slingenberg

In the aftermath of COP28, and the conclusion of the first Global Stocktake – which enables countries to measure the progress in meeting the targets set out in the Nationally […]

Stakeholder Roundtable: Future of the EU ETS

The revised EU ETS Directive was adopted on May 10th, 2023, and should apply in 2024. It updated the rules and conditions for the operation of the IV Phase of […]

European Hydrogen Bank: A Game Changer?

Venue: the event took place at the Mission of Norway to the EU, Rue Archimède 17, Brussels. In recent consultations conducted by the ERCST, stakeholders expressed concerns about the current […]

Quo Vadis, EU: 2040 Climate Target

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 […]

Stakeholder Roundtable: Future of the EU ETS – Carbon removals

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 […]

Incentivising hydrogen demand: Critical challenges and opportunities

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 […]

Climate Trade Nexus (CTN) Assessment – Mexico Workshop – ERCST

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, […]