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 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 […]

Expert Consultation: ETS review of Carbon Leakage Risks for CBAM Export Goods

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 […]

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 – Brazil Workshop

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 […]