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 […]

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 two documents prepared by the working groups on the CCUS Vision Strategy and CO2 Infrastructure. However, the industrial partnership concept still requires further reflection. Stakeholders […]

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 faced with the new challenge of implementing such decisions. However, many issues are still on the table to be discussed in Sharm el-Sheikh. J. Werksman, […]

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 the limiting of global warming to 1.5 °C, in line with the Paris Agreement – will soon turn into a concrete legal obligation. It is […]

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 ERCST. This meeting focused on the following issues: Why is certification of hydrogen and hydrogen-based products important? What is the relation between the different standards […]

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 […]