Nuclear energy and gas in the EU Taxonomy
The EU Taxonomy was introduced in 2020 as a reporting tool. The declared goal of Taxonomy is to direct the flow of private capital to finance transition towards climate neutrality. […]
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Hydrogen and the RED Delegated Acts
On May 20th the European Commission published two delegated acts which are essential to complete the definition of RFNBOs (Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin) and hence to determine the role […]
Border Carbon Adjustment in the EU: Launch of Report on Indirect Emissions in the EU CBAM
Since 2019, ERCST has built up solid experience on BCAs and carbon leakage issues in the EU context. The ERCST Team has accompanied the CBAM file from its earliest stages […]
ETS Revision for Phase IV. The EU ETS under trilogues
The ETS has emerged as the backbone of the EU Climate Action and, especially in the last two years, as a crucial driver of decarbonisation. The Commission proposal to review […]
CBAM Global Townhall 2022 – Session 3: Carbon Clubs and International Cooperation on CBAM/BCAs
On the global stage, countries have been reacting to the developments surrounding the EU CBAM, and we can expect to see some follow suit. Ideally, there would be international coordination […]
The State of the European Green Deal: Quo vadis EGD?
This meeting is part of a series of events organized by ERCST on the European Green Deal. This workstream aims to bring together policymakers and stakeholders on a regular basis […]
Hydrogen: State of play of the regulatory framework
This meeting intends to focus on key pieces of legislation (i.e. revision of the RED and the recently proposed RED Delegated Acts, the hydrogen and decarbonized gas market package, the EU ETS and CBAM). This meeting will start with a presentation by ERCST, outlining some of the key developments in the hydrogen regulatory framework in […]
EU Energy Transition with Energy Security
This event offered an opportunity to discuss and debate how to address two critical issues for future European prosperity: the transition to a clean energy matrix and energy security. With the European Green Deal and the RePower EU packages providing the vision of a green EU economy, and the Fit for 55 package entering the […]
Border Carbon Adjustment in the EU: Launch of Report on International Cooperation on BCAs/CBAM
One of the crunch issues in the debate on the EU CBAM is the question of international cooperation on and around the CBAM. A prominent feature here are proposals of forming a carbon club or carbon alliance of countries implementing carbon pricing. In this scenario, a BCA could act as an incentive to other countries […]
Green bonds – State of play. What is in it for transition?
The Green Bond Standard is the flagship financial instrument incorporating the EU Taxonomy. After the Council and the European Parliament adopted their positions, its status is entering a new phase, the inter-institutional negotiations. It is a good moment to take stock of the different policy aspects related to green bonds: relation with the Taxonomy, the […]
External Event: Andrei Marcu speaks at IEA-IETA-EPRI GHG Emissions Trading Workshop
Our Executive Director Andrei Marcu spoke on Panel 2 of the Annual IEA-IETA-EPRI GHG Emissions Trading Workshop in Paris. The panel concerned International Competitiveness and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAM). You can find more information about the event on the website of the IEA.
Expert Consultation: CBAM: Different Approaches and Evolving Circumstances
One of the most critically important issues concerning CBAM, yet to be resolved, is the question of how to compare the level of effort in third countries’ climate policies to that of the EU, in order to determine crediting against the CBAM. The US, for example, has embarked on a suite of transformational climate-related initiatives […]
