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Boris Jankowiak
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Policy Coordinator at Climate Action Network Europe, working on the transformation of the steel industry. Opinions are mine only. European/French politics.
When not working I play bike polo or I take the train.
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Quite a day for steel, with the steel and metals action plan awaited today #SMAP. But you might have missed this info from your news outlets this morning: civil society also has something to say on the steel sector's transition to ensure that the journey brings public benefits along the way:
⛓️New report⛓️

Europe’s steel industry is at a crossroads:
1️⃣Stick on outdated, coal-based technology
OR
2️⃣Upgrade to green steel and step up on circularity

The choice should be easy.

Read our and 28 CSOs' new report on the state of the #EuropeanSteel transition⬇️
The State of the European Steel Transition: Civil society charts clear pathway to green steel ahead of EU steel and metals action plan
The EU steel industry’s transition policies should include phasing out fossil fuel-based steel, scaling up green hydrogen and renewable-powered production, strengthening circularity measures, and…
caneurope.org
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
🚗💨As cars cruise on roads, they’re not just burning fuel, but driving massive demand for steel. Most of that steel is made with coal.

The cost? Communities choking on pollution, facing higher risk diseases—even dying.

With the IAA car show ongoing, the carmakers must start demanding #GreenSteel.
Clean cars need clean steel
The electric vehicle revolution is already slashing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation – but what if it could do even more?
leadthecharge.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
💥Exciting new role!
If you enjoy working with data & understanding the story it tells, while collaborating closely with climate campaigners & policy advisors that drive change, this #job is for you.
‼️Remote in Europe timezone
🗓️Apply by 23 September at 12:00 CEST at https://bit.ly/45iKes7
August 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
The nexus between trade and industry is a hot topic for the coming months.

We responded to the EU Commission's call for evidence on #CBAM with a 5-point submission, demanding that it will not be turned into a pure protectionist and trade defence measure.
Submission to consultation: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
The implementation of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) aims at staying the course with the broad policy toolbox and objectives put forward in the past EU mandate, as stated by the newly e...
caneurope.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
⛓️The transition for European #GreenSteel is not cheap but we cannot say that the money is not there.

What is needed now is the political will to make it happen and an industrial willingness to accept that business as usual will not save the sector.

@borisjankowiak.bsky.social writes ➡️
"But that is the price of survival, and it is the challenge that the steel industry urgently has to meet"
EU steelmakers have gorged on public money without taking steps to decarbonise or prepare for the future. State aid should go on, but with conditio...
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu
April 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
👀 Read the Op-ed from our colleague at @caneurope.org on #GreenSteel: State aid must be calibrated to save European steel industry

@borisjankowiak.bsky.social mentioned our latest #ETS report, written with @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social

Find out more in our report 👉 www.wwf.eu?17151291/cle...
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
🔎Spotlight on steel at @europarl.europa.eu again this week.

🩺The diagnosis of European steel industry's trouble is widely shared but proposals for treatment vary.

🏭Current coal-based production model is incompatible with our climate targets and competitiveness endeavours = not at all future-proof.
The State of the European Steel Transition
Every euro of public funds should drive a fair transition for workers and communities, cut the reliance on fossil fuels and accelerate renewables-based and circular steel production.
caneurope.org
April 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In case you missed it: join us tomorrow for the launch event of a report on the state of the steel transition, with a great panel! The difference with the late Steel and Metals Action Plan? This report brings the voice of civil society, often too less represented in industrial policy talks.
🔔Join us tomorrow to discuss the green steel transition!

#EuropeanSteel is at a crossroads:

🔥 Stick with outdated, coal-based tech
💚 Upgrade to #GreenSteel & boost #recycling

Register👇
Debate : The state of the european steel transition
Join us on March 25 at 10:00 AM to discuss the state of the European steel transition
www.eventbrite.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hier, 28 ONGs publiaient un rapport sur l'état de la transition du secteur de la sidérurgie en Europe, quelques heures avant la publication du plan d'action métaux et acier de la Commission. Triste de ne pas lire une seule ligne sur ce rapport et sur les réactions de la société civile au plan.
⛓️New report⛓️

Europe’s steel industry is at a crossroads:
1️⃣Stick on outdated, coal-based technology
OR
2️⃣Upgrade to green steel and step up on circularity

The choice should be easy.

Read our and 28 CSOs' new report on the state of the #EuropeanSteel transition⬇️
The State of the European Steel Transition: Civil society charts clear pathway to green steel ahead of EU steel and metals action plan
The EU steel industry’s transition policies should include phasing out fossil fuel-based steel, scaling up green hydrogen and renewable-powered production, strengthening circularity measures, and…
caneurope.org
March 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
After the publication this morning of civil society's report on the transition of the steel sector, the Commission has released its Steel and Metals Action Plan (#SMAP). A short hot take:
❌The EU’s Steel and Metals Action Plan lacks concrete actions & bold targets to phase out the fossil-based steel sector.

✊The #EuropeanSteel sector needs a clear fossil phase-out roadmap, accelerated energy and material efficiency measures & to ensure a just transition for workers ⬇️
March 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Quite a day for steel, with the steel and metals action plan awaited today #SMAP. But you might have missed this info from your news outlets this morning: civil society also has something to say on the steel sector's transition to ensure that the journey brings public benefits along the way:
⛓️New report⛓️

Europe’s steel industry is at a crossroads:
1️⃣Stick on outdated, coal-based technology
OR
2️⃣Upgrade to green steel and step up on circularity

The choice should be easy.

Read our and 28 CSOs' new report on the state of the #EuropeanSteel transition⬇️
The State of the European Steel Transition: Civil society charts clear pathway to green steel ahead of EU steel and metals action plan
The EU steel industry’s transition policies should include phasing out fossil fuel-based steel, scaling up green hydrogen and renewable-powered production, strengthening circularity measures, and…
caneurope.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A transparent and fair transition for steel cannot do without a large participation from organisations representing public interests: social rights and environmental and climate protection. Read @caneurope.org Director's take on the recent "dialogue" for the future of the steel sector.
Commission's "Strategic Steel Dialogue" seems more like a monologue, with no seat for civil society at the table.

Transition to the green steel needs fair debate, not backroom deals.

📝 @chiaramartinelli.bsky.social & @patricktenbrink.bsky.social write at @euobserver.com ⬇️
When is an EU 'dialogue' actually a monologue?
Just because it has ‘industry’ in its name doesn’t mean the new EU policy agenda should be dictated by industry executives.
euobserver.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Alleged presence of civil society, but none of the organisations working towards a socially just and climate-proof transition of the sector for public interest has been invited.
This worsens the corporate capture of industrial policy at EU level and jeopardises a fair and inclusive transition.
⁉️Strategic Steel Dialogue kicks off today and civil society was supposedly invited.

🤬But guess if we are at the table? NO, WE ARE NOT!

⛔Corporate capture instead of ensuring public interest, climate action & social justice are at the heart of the steel transition. @ec.europa.eu
President von der Leyen will hold Strategic Dialogue on Steel on 4 March, and announces Steel and Metals Action Plan
As announced by President von der Leyen on 7 February, the European Commission will set up a Strategic Dialogue on Steel aimed at charting a decisive course for the future of the European steel indust
ec.europa.eu
March 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today was marked in everyone's calendar in the EU policy space. Read our own @caneurope.org reactions on the 3-course meal presented by the Commission.
A lot to unpack: despite good narrative elements on circularity, climate and decarbonisation, the only concrete milestone remains deregulation.
🚨BIG DAY: Clean Industrial Deal, Action Plan for Affordable Energy & Omnibus package🚨

👍We welcome the commitments on the 2040 target, circularity and renewable energy expansion...

👎BUT beyond that, the package crumbles under scrutiny.

⬇️ Read more on our @caneurope.org reaction ⬇️
Clean Industrial Deal: Climate and decarbonisation ambitions not matched by concrete proposals - CAN Europe
Brussels, 26 February 2025 — Today, the European Commission unveiled its flagship policy package, including the Clean Industrial Deal, the Action Plan for Affordable Energy and the first part of the O...
caneurope.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happy to share our vision on what should a fair industrial policy looks like. 1 week before the clean industrial deal is release #CID, here's what @caneurope.org would like to see for a future-proof industry:
One week to go for the #CleanIndustrialDeal.

We want a deal that ensures European industries lead in the transition to a sustainable economic model—one that generates social benefits within planetary boundaries.

Here is our @caneurope.org CID position paper⬇️
CAN Europe position on Clean Industrial Deal
The upcoming Clean Industrial Deal must ensure that European industries lead in the transition to a sustainable economic model—one that generates social benefits within planetary boundaries.
caneurope.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
"Southern EU member states, in particular, will not only experience severe economic losses due to climate effects, but will also feel the consequences of political instability in their geographical vicinity"

Is the Italian government listening?
February 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
Germany’s federal intelligence service report says #climatechange is a major threat to survival of the EU.

This is not green hippies. This is the spy agency tasked with national security. is @eppgroup.bsky.social listening?
February 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
EU is negotiating on a new long-term budget this year.

Commission's roadmap to the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) leaves a gap in mobilising additional finance, crucial for the transition to climate-neutral economy based on renewables and the 'hot topic', European competitiveness.
February 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In case you've missed it: our @caneurope.bsky.social reaction to the competitiveness compass.
1/2 - I still wonder why competitiveness is the compass course we should follow, instead of aiming at a fair society that takes care of its people and planet? Competitiveness can help but is no end goal.
🚨 Competitiveness Compass is out 🚨

Commission takes a big misstep by framing regulation as an obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules protecting people, climate & environment that hold companies back, but the lack of investment & high energy prices driven by the EU’s fossil gas dependency.
Commission's compass requires calibration: EU needs a net-zero industrial strategy but not deregulation
CAN Europe regrets that the Commission takes a dangerous misstep by framing regulation as the primary obstacle to competitiveness. It is not the rules that protect people, climate and the environment ...
caneurope.org
January 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
🚨 Von der Leyen unveils the #CompetitivenessCompass today—but the leaks show it’s pointing the wrong way.

Behind the buzzwords—‘cutting red tape,’ ‘slashing burdens’—lies a full-blown attack on social rights & environmental protections.

Deregulation won’t build fair societies—this would 👇
January 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
According to the EIB report "The most frequently mentioned long-term barriers to investment in the European Union are energy costs (83%), availability of skilled staff (81%) and uncertainty about the future (78%)" #CompetitivenessCompass
January 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
I enjoyed talking to Foresightmedia on what to expect from the #CompetitivenessCompass, 'the North Star' guiding EU policies over the next five year. Might need some serious recalibration, press statement tomorrow
foresightmedia.com/story/sGZDVo...
Mapping a path to EU competitiveness
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at a leaked draft of the European Union’s Competitiveness Compass and why it matters, plus United States President Donald Trump is already having an impact o...
foresightmedia.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Worth a read when you are going to see what the Commission unveils later today!
January 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
It's not a good thing for citizens' trust in the EU that several of the elements in the draft #CompetitivenessCompass have been pushed by strong lobbying that the Commission has not documented correctly. www.politico.eu/article/eu-n...
EU’s new economic vision is speaking to Green Deal critics
A draft document shows Brussels putting deregulation before decarbonization.
www.politico.eu
January 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
Interesting thread @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social on Commission Competitiveness Compass forthcoming.Indeed:no need for new "tools".Needed are strategic decisions - like strengthening public services

I read Compass as Commission justifying push for deregulation.No clarity on [social] investment either
The leaked "Competitiveness Compass" of the EU Commission is an interesting glimpse into the industrial policy agenda to come. Most of it is a good start - but there is one major trap in there that will come to haunt everyone involved if not avoided: the trap of coordination.

Thread:
January 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by Boris Jankowiak
As corporate lobbyists intensify their efforts to weaken CSDDD, it is vital not to be fooled by their false narratives, such as...

❌CSDDD represents a massive burden for SMEs

✅SMEs aren't in the scope of CSDDD

That’s why, in less than 2 weeks, we're launching✨the ultimate CSDDD Datahub✨
January 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM