ERCST at COP 27 – CBAM

This event took place at COP27 in the Turkey Pavilion. In order to address the risk of carbon leakage from the EU ETS, in July 2021 the European Commission has […]

External Event: Frontiers in Carbon Pricing

This event is organised by the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements. It took place at COP27 at the Pavilion of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).  Some sixty jurisdictions worldwide – including both national and subnational governments – have adopted carbon-pricing policies, largely cap-and-trade systems or carbon taxes. Very few of these policies, however, match […]

CCUS Industrial Partnership: what next?

Participants in the CCUS Forum in Oslo, hosted on 27-28 October, discussed several issues related to a strategic vision for CCUS, CO2 infrastructure, and CCUS industrial partnership. The Forum endorsed […]

Post-COP27: In conversation with Jacob Werksman

At COP26 in Glasgow, Parties finalised and adopted the Article 6 Rulebook and so the Paris Rulebook, exactly 6 years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Now, they are […]

The transition plans: beyond sustainable finance?

The idea of presenting a transition plan – i.e., ensuring that the business model and strategy of the undertaking are compatible with the transition to a sustainable economy and with […]

Certification of hydrogen and hydrogen-based end products

This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders and policymakers on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around the hydrogen policy and regulatory framework, informed by original intellectual input from […]

State of the European Green Deal year-in-review

This meeting was part of a continuous series organized by ERCST on the European Green Deal. This workstream aims to bring together policymakers and stakeholders on a regular basis to […]

EU CBAM after Trilogues: Discussion with Gerassimos Thomas and roundtable

On December 13 the European institutions reached a provisional agreement in the CBAM trilogues. The transitional phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will start in October 2023, with actual implementation starting from 2026. The final details were yet to be concluded at this stage.   This event, which is part of the ERCST CBAM […]