State of the European Green Deal year-in-review

University Foundation Rue d’Egmont, 11, Brussels, Belgium

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 take stock of recent developments in the EGD framework. Beginning of 2022 witnessed the continuation of a trend where climate and environmental policies have had […]

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence – how to make it work?

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

The Due Diligence Directive Directive is part of the unfolding EU corporate sustainability landscape which aims at integrating sustainability to strategies and everyday activity of large undertakings. Among them the […]

The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

On December 13th the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to introduce an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although not part of the initial European Commission Proposal, CBAM will also apply to hydrogen together with cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, and electricity. During this meeting we took stock of the implications […]

The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM, ERCST’s assessment

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

On December 13th the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to introduce an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although not part of the initial European Commission Proposal, CBAM will also apply to hydrogen together with cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, and electricity. During this meeting ERCST presented the assessment’s conclusions concerning […]

CCUS in the net-zero transition

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

To achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement of pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries must severely reduce their emissions and reach a net zero economy by 2050. In this framework, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technology is necessary to achieve ambitious climate targets. However, its deployment […]

Expert Consultation: CBAM and Flanking Measures for Industrial Decarbonisation

In December 2022, the European institutions reached a provisional agreement in the CBAM trilogues. The transitional phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism started in October 2023, with actual implementation starting from 2026. In this roundtable, we discussed the function of the CBAM in a portfolio of instruments for industrial decarbonisation, focusing on the role of […]

EU Climate Policy and Electricity Market

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles, Belgium

During this meeting, ERCST intended to present the results of a research exercise on developing a climate change lens to analyse and inform the EU debate on reforming the electricity market design and on the discussions held during private ERCST working group consultations in January and February. This meeting started with a presentation by ERCST’s […]

External Event: IETA European Climate Summit – CBAM: A New Era for Global Trade Order

ERCST's Executive Director, Andrei Marcu, moderated the Deep Dive session Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: A New Era for Global Trade Order, which is part of IETA's European Climate Summit in Lisbon. Climate, trade and competitiveness is reaching a fever pitch across the Atlantic. The long-debated CBAM is set to become a reality. This session looked at […]