EPICO KlimaInnovation
@epicothinktank.bsky.social
⚡️Energy and Climate Policy and Innovation Council
💡Developing innovation & market-oriented strategies for #ClimateNeutrality
📍Berlin & Brussels
🔗 Read our latest publications 👉 https://epico.org/en/
💡Developing innovation & market-oriented strategies for #ClimateNeutrality
📍Berlin & Brussels
🔗 Read our latest publications 👉 https://epico.org/en/
Big news in Brussels: we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Kirsten Scholl as our new Director for EU Affairs! 🇪🇺
Kirsten brings +25 years of policy experience and is ready to strengthen our EU focus, advancing solutions that are politically viable, economically realistic & socially acceptable
Kirsten brings +25 years of policy experience and is ready to strengthen our EU focus, advancing solutions that are politically viable, economically realistic & socially acceptable
January 13, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Big news in Brussels: we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Kirsten Scholl as our new Director for EU Affairs! 🇪🇺
Kirsten brings +25 years of policy experience and is ready to strengthen our EU focus, advancing solutions that are politically viable, economically realistic & socially acceptable
Kirsten brings +25 years of policy experience and is ready to strengthen our EU focus, advancing solutions that are politically viable, economically realistic & socially acceptable
Feeling proud! 🎉 Our CEO, Dr. Bernd Weber, made @table.media’s 100 most influential in climate!
Under Bernd’s leadership, EPICO has taken a leading role in the debates that matter, in Berlin & Brussels.
Congrats Bernd, we are excited to keep climate leadership high on the agenda with you! 👏🌱
Under Bernd’s leadership, EPICO has taken a leading role in the debates that matter, in Berlin & Brussels.
Congrats Bernd, we are excited to keep climate leadership high on the agenda with you! 👏🌱
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Feeling proud! 🎉 Our CEO, Dr. Bernd Weber, made @table.media’s 100 most influential in climate!
Under Bernd’s leadership, EPICO has taken a leading role in the debates that matter, in Berlin & Brussels.
Congrats Bernd, we are excited to keep climate leadership high on the agenda with you! 👏🌱
Under Bernd’s leadership, EPICO has taken a leading role in the debates that matter, in Berlin & Brussels.
Congrats Bernd, we are excited to keep climate leadership high on the agenda with you! 👏🌱
🚨New Green Steel dialogue out!
We chatted with VP of ORI Martin Giovanni Marioni to discuss the transformative role of scrap steel ♻️ and the challenges ahead, with an eye to global competition.🌍
Penned by our own Joen Martinsen, you can read the interview here👉 epico.org/en/newsroom/...
We chatted with VP of ORI Martin Giovanni Marioni to discuss the transformative role of scrap steel ♻️ and the challenges ahead, with an eye to global competition.🌍
Penned by our own Joen Martinsen, you can read the interview here👉 epico.org/en/newsroom/...
Maximizing Scrap Potential: Why Tomorrow's Green Steel Starts with Today's Scrap
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨New Green Steel dialogue out!
We chatted with VP of ORI Martin Giovanni Marioni to discuss the transformative role of scrap steel ♻️ and the challenges ahead, with an eye to global competition.🌍
Penned by our own Joen Martinsen, you can read the interview here👉 epico.org/en/newsroom/...
We chatted with VP of ORI Martin Giovanni Marioni to discuss the transformative role of scrap steel ♻️ and the challenges ahead, with an eye to global competition.🌍
Penned by our own Joen Martinsen, you can read the interview here👉 epico.org/en/newsroom/...
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📺 Webinar: Wie gelingt ein #Industriestrompreis, der kurzfristige Entlastungen mit strukturellen Maßnahmen am #Strommarkt verbindet und die #Investitionssicherheit stärkt?
👉 Jetzt anmelden und mitdiskutieren: www.agora-energiewende.de/aktuelles/in...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📺 Webinar: Wie gelingt ein #Industriestrompreis, der kurzfristige Entlastungen mit strukturellen Maßnahmen am #Strommarkt verbindet und die #Investitionssicherheit stärkt?
👉 Jetzt anmelden und mitdiskutieren: www.agora-energiewende.de/aktuelles/in...
👉 Jetzt anmelden und mitdiskutieren: www.agora-energiewende.de/aktuelles/in...
Our new Policy Report is out! 📘
The North Sea, once Europe’s hub for oil and gas, now stands at the heart of the green transition. 🌊
With vast potential for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), it holds the key to a competitive and decarbonised industrial future. 🌱
The North Sea, once Europe’s hub for oil and gas, now stands at the heart of the green transition. 🌊
With vast potential for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), it holds the key to a competitive and decarbonised industrial future. 🌱
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our new Policy Report is out! 📘
The North Sea, once Europe’s hub for oil and gas, now stands at the heart of the green transition. 🌊
With vast potential for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), it holds the key to a competitive and decarbonised industrial future. 🌱
The North Sea, once Europe’s hub for oil and gas, now stands at the heart of the green transition. 🌊
With vast potential for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), it holds the key to a competitive and decarbonised industrial future. 🌱
🚨 The Commission is opting for a ‘soft landing’ on ETS 2 to secure acceptance.
@wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu announced measures tackling price concerns:
📊 Strengthening the MSR
💶 Earlier ETS 2 revenues (front-loading).
Both levers we proposed in our & Frontier Economics Report 📝.
@wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu announced measures tackling price concerns:
📊 Strengthening the MSR
💶 Earlier ETS 2 revenues (front-loading).
Both levers we proposed in our & Frontier Economics Report 📝.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨 The Commission is opting for a ‘soft landing’ on ETS 2 to secure acceptance.
@wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu announced measures tackling price concerns:
📊 Strengthening the MSR
💶 Earlier ETS 2 revenues (front-loading).
Both levers we proposed in our & Frontier Economics Report 📝.
@wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu announced measures tackling price concerns:
📊 Strengthening the MSR
💶 Earlier ETS 2 revenues (front-loading).
Both levers we proposed in our & Frontier Economics Report 📝.
ETS2 is at the centre of debate in Brussels, but rolling it back would weaken EU climate and competitiveness goals.❌
🎙️On The Jolt podcast, our own Industry Specialist Simon Munkler explains why frontloading funds is vital for fairness and trust.
🎧Listen here 👉 foresightmedia.com/story/svpcsb...
🎙️On The Jolt podcast, our own Industry Specialist Simon Munkler explains why frontloading funds is vital for fairness and trust.
🎧Listen here 👉 foresightmedia.com/story/svpcsb...
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
ETS2 is at the centre of debate in Brussels, but rolling it back would weaken EU climate and competitiveness goals.❌
🎙️On The Jolt podcast, our own Industry Specialist Simon Munkler explains why frontloading funds is vital for fairness and trust.
🎧Listen here 👉 foresightmedia.com/story/svpcsb...
🎙️On The Jolt podcast, our own Industry Specialist Simon Munkler explains why frontloading funds is vital for fairness and trust.
🎧Listen here 👉 foresightmedia.com/story/svpcsb...
🔋⚙️ Europe’s energy-intensive industries are at a crossroads, with rising energy costs & and the need to meet climate targets.
On 8 May, we hosted a closed-door workshop to explore electrification, resulting in a new series of Policy Briefs: Electrifying Energy-Intensive Industries.⚡
On 8 May, we hosted a closed-door workshop to explore electrification, resulting in a new series of Policy Briefs: Electrifying Energy-Intensive Industries.⚡
July 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🔋⚙️ Europe’s energy-intensive industries are at a crossroads, with rising energy costs & and the need to meet climate targets.
On 8 May, we hosted a closed-door workshop to explore electrification, resulting in a new series of Policy Briefs: Electrifying Energy-Intensive Industries.⚡
On 8 May, we hosted a closed-door workshop to explore electrification, resulting in a new series of Policy Briefs: Electrifying Energy-Intensive Industries.⚡
The fact that the European Commission has proposed the 90% by 2040 target – despite strong opposition from 🇫🇷 and 🇵🇱 – is a positive signal: in times of political volatility, this clarity is essential to guide investment decisions & accelerate the energy transition.
Read what our CEO has to say 👇
Read what our CEO has to say 👇
July 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The fact that the European Commission has proposed the 90% by 2040 target – despite strong opposition from 🇫🇷 and 🇵🇱 – is a positive signal: in times of political volatility, this clarity is essential to guide investment decisions & accelerate the energy transition.
Read what our CEO has to say 👇
Read what our CEO has to say 👇
🔵 Yesterday, we hosted our European Carbon Management Dialogue workshop at Norrsken Brussels! 🇪🇺
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) has moved from a long-term idea to a central part of Europe’s net-zero strategy. But key barriers to deployment and cross-border coordination remain.
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) has moved from a long-term idea to a central part of Europe’s net-zero strategy. But key barriers to deployment and cross-border coordination remain.
July 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🔵 Yesterday, we hosted our European Carbon Management Dialogue workshop at Norrsken Brussels! 🇪🇺
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) has moved from a long-term idea to a central part of Europe’s net-zero strategy. But key barriers to deployment and cross-border coordination remain.
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) has moved from a long-term idea to a central part of Europe’s net-zero strategy. But key barriers to deployment and cross-border coordination remain.
🤩 Some exciting news: the EPICO Brussels team is growing!
We are looking for:
🇪🇺Director for EU Affairs 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/director-for-eu-affairs
⚡EU Energy and Climate Specialist 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/eu-energy-and-climate-policy-specialist
We are looking for:
🇪🇺Director for EU Affairs 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/director-for-eu-affairs
⚡EU Energy and Climate Specialist 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/eu-energy-and-climate-policy-specialist
June 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🤩 Some exciting news: the EPICO Brussels team is growing!
We are looking for:
🇪🇺Director for EU Affairs 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/director-for-eu-affairs
⚡EU Energy and Climate Specialist 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/eu-energy-and-climate-policy-specialist
We are looking for:
🇪🇺Director for EU Affairs 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/director-for-eu-affairs
⚡EU Energy and Climate Specialist 👉https://epico.org/en/about-us/career-section/eu-energy-and-climate-policy-specialist
How can Germany produce protein that's both competitive and climate-friendly? 🌱🇩🇪
That was the key question at our latest #PolicyAccelerator, bringing together experts from agriculture, business, and civil society. 🤝 #agriculture #sustainability
That was the key question at our latest #PolicyAccelerator, bringing together experts from agriculture, business, and civil society. 🤝 #agriculture #sustainability
June 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How can Germany produce protein that's both competitive and climate-friendly? 🌱🇩🇪
That was the key question at our latest #PolicyAccelerator, bringing together experts from agriculture, business, and civil society. 🤝 #agriculture #sustainability
That was the key question at our latest #PolicyAccelerator, bringing together experts from agriculture, business, and civil society. 🤝 #agriculture #sustainability
Did you check your inbox this morning?📥
Our new Monthly Update is out - in this edition, we tackle👇
🏠Direct payments for the success of ETS 2
💶ETS 2 Revenue front loading
🇩🇪 Demand-side flexibility for Germany's Energiewende
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Our new Monthly Update is out - in this edition, we tackle👇
🏠Direct payments for the success of ETS 2
💶ETS 2 Revenue front loading
🇩🇪 Demand-side flexibility for Germany's Energiewende
Subscribe here 👉 epico.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
June 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Did you check your inbox this morning?📥
Our new Monthly Update is out - in this edition, we tackle👇
🏠Direct payments for the success of ETS 2
💶ETS 2 Revenue front loading
🇩🇪 Demand-side flexibility for Germany's Energiewende
Subscribe here 👉 epico.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Our new Monthly Update is out - in this edition, we tackle👇
🏠Direct payments for the success of ETS 2
💶ETS 2 Revenue front loading
🇩🇪 Demand-side flexibility for Germany's Energiewende
Subscribe here 👉 epico.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Europe’s steel plants once powered our industrial strength... now, many lie still.
To lead in clean industry, Europe must stop treating climate, trade & economic policy as separate worlds.
@parodijulian.bsky.social spoke to @lechobe.bsky.social on what’s needed to change course.👇
To lead in clean industry, Europe must stop treating climate, trade & economic policy as separate worlds.
@parodijulian.bsky.social spoke to @lechobe.bsky.social on what’s needed to change course.👇
L'acier européen traverse une crise grave, et place l'Europe devant un choix à la fois simple et urgent: transformer et protéger sa sidérurgie, ou la laisser mourir. "Il faut stopper l'hémorragie."
La production d’acier a-t-elle encore un avenir en Europe?
www.lecho.be
June 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Europe’s steel plants once powered our industrial strength... now, many lie still.
To lead in clean industry, Europe must stop treating climate, trade & economic policy as separate worlds.
@parodijulian.bsky.social spoke to @lechobe.bsky.social on what’s needed to change course.👇
To lead in clean industry, Europe must stop treating climate, trade & economic policy as separate worlds.
@parodijulian.bsky.social spoke to @lechobe.bsky.social on what’s needed to change course.👇
🚨 Yesterday, we wrapped up a crucial event in Brussels on #ETS2 and its rollout!
As we move from law to reality, one thing is clear: carbon pricing alone won’t cut it. 👉 A fair transition needs smart national action, income support & honest conversations with citizens. 🇪🇺
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As we move from law to reality, one thing is clear: carbon pricing alone won’t cut it. 👉 A fair transition needs smart national action, income support & honest conversations with citizens. 🇪🇺
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June 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Yesterday, we wrapped up a crucial event in Brussels on #ETS2 and its rollout!
As we move from law to reality, one thing is clear: carbon pricing alone won’t cut it. 👉 A fair transition needs smart national action, income support & honest conversations with citizens. 🇪🇺
🧵
As we move from law to reality, one thing is clear: carbon pricing alone won’t cut it. 👉 A fair transition needs smart national action, income support & honest conversations with citizens. 🇪🇺
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The EU #steel industry is competing with weights tied to its ankles, crippled by high energy costs while third countries enjoy cheap, subsidised power.
#CBAM was meant to level the field, but loopholes on coke & lime remain. 👉 It's time to tighten it & lead with real climate strategy.
#CBAM was meant to level the field, but loopholes on coke & lime remain. 👉 It's time to tighten it & lead with real climate strategy.
May 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🤔 Will you be in Brussels on 3 June?
Join us in exploring how smart compensation mechanisms can help shield households from rising costs, while building trust in EU Climate policy.
🔗 form.jotform.com/251193401252...
🤝Co-organised w/ @eeb.org, @klimasozial.bsky.social & @transenv.bsky.social
Join us in exploring how smart compensation mechanisms can help shield households from rising costs, while building trust in EU Climate policy.
🔗 form.jotform.com/251193401252...
🤝Co-organised w/ @eeb.org, @klimasozial.bsky.social & @transenv.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🤔 Will you be in Brussels on 3 June?
Join us in exploring how smart compensation mechanisms can help shield households from rising costs, while building trust in EU Climate policy.
🔗 form.jotform.com/251193401252...
🤝Co-organised w/ @eeb.org, @klimasozial.bsky.social & @transenv.bsky.social
Join us in exploring how smart compensation mechanisms can help shield households from rising costs, while building trust in EU Climate policy.
🔗 form.jotform.com/251193401252...
🤝Co-organised w/ @eeb.org, @klimasozial.bsky.social & @transenv.bsky.social
*Cue the Rocky theme*
Our speedy colleagues ran for climate ambition yesterday at the annual #BerlinCompanyRun, straight through the Brandenburg Gate🔥🇩🇪
Making us very proud, we promised them no emails before 10am, and full immunity from explaining the Clean Industrial Deal (again) 😉
Our speedy colleagues ran for climate ambition yesterday at the annual #BerlinCompanyRun, straight through the Brandenburg Gate🔥🇩🇪
Making us very proud, we promised them no emails before 10am, and full immunity from explaining the Clean Industrial Deal (again) 😉
May 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
*Cue the Rocky theme*
Our speedy colleagues ran for climate ambition yesterday at the annual #BerlinCompanyRun, straight through the Brandenburg Gate🔥🇩🇪
Making us very proud, we promised them no emails before 10am, and full immunity from explaining the Clean Industrial Deal (again) 😉
Our speedy colleagues ran for climate ambition yesterday at the annual #BerlinCompanyRun, straight through the Brandenburg Gate🔥🇩🇪
Making us very proud, we promised them no emails before 10am, and full immunity from explaining the Clean Industrial Deal (again) 😉
Excited to join the new Buy Better to Build Better coalition! 💪 🎉
We're teaming up with 30+ organisations to push public procurement as a key tool for green construction, innovation & industrial leadership in Europe. 🌍🛠️
#GreenPublicProcurement #CleanIndustrialDeal
We're teaming up with 30+ organisations to push public procurement as a key tool for green construction, innovation & industrial leadership in Europe. 🌍🛠️
#GreenPublicProcurement #CleanIndustrialDeal
May 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Excited to join the new Buy Better to Build Better coalition! 💪 🎉
We're teaming up with 30+ organisations to push public procurement as a key tool for green construction, innovation & industrial leadership in Europe. 🌍🛠️
#GreenPublicProcurement #CleanIndustrialDeal
We're teaming up with 30+ organisations to push public procurement as a key tool for green construction, innovation & industrial leadership in Europe. 🌍🛠️
#GreenPublicProcurement #CleanIndustrialDeal
[🧵] Our Workshop on Accelerating Electrification for Energy-Intensive Industries in the EU was a success! 🥳
We gathered +20 representatives from the EU Commission, energy-intensive industries, & think tanks to chart practical pathways for industrial decarbonisation, reaching some key conclusions👇
We gathered +20 representatives from the EU Commission, energy-intensive industries, & think tanks to chart practical pathways for industrial decarbonisation, reaching some key conclusions👇
May 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
[🧵] Our Workshop on Accelerating Electrification for Energy-Intensive Industries in the EU was a success! 🥳
We gathered +20 representatives from the EU Commission, energy-intensive industries, & think tanks to chart practical pathways for industrial decarbonisation, reaching some key conclusions👇
We gathered +20 representatives from the EU Commission, energy-intensive industries, & think tanks to chart practical pathways for industrial decarbonisation, reaching some key conclusions👇
Since 2021, the EPICO Policy Accelerator™ has tackled tough climate & energy issues with #DesignThinking.
We bring together politics, science, business & civil society to co-create real-world, politically viable solutions, tested & refined with expert #challengers. 🤝
We bring together politics, science, business & civil society to co-create real-world, politically viable solutions, tested & refined with expert #challengers. 🤝
May 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Since 2021, the EPICO Policy Accelerator™ has tackled tough climate & energy issues with #DesignThinking.
We bring together politics, science, business & civil society to co-create real-world, politically viable solutions, tested & refined with expert #challengers. 🤝
We bring together politics, science, business & civil society to co-create real-world, politically viable solutions, tested & refined with expert #challengers. 🤝
