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Giovanni Sgaravatti
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EU Industrial Decarbonisation Analyst at Agora Industry (ex Bruegel)
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"Making the best of the new EU Social Climate Fund"
by Eva Jüngling, @gsgaravatti.bsky.social, @tagliapietra.bsky.social and myself was launched yesterday

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April 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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📑 New Publication: Making the best of the new EU Social Climate Fund 🌍

Will governments act to protect the most vulnerable without sacrificing climate action?

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🖊️ Policy Brief by Eva Jüngling, @gsgaravatti.bsky.social @tagliapietra.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social
#EconSky
Making the best of the new EU Social Climate Fund
Governments should employ good practices in tackling building and transport emissions whilst protecting the most vulnerable
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April 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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🚢 🏭 Renewable #hydrogen & derivatives will be needed as industrial feedstocks and marine fuels on the path to achieving #climateneutrality.
Agora Industry, @theicct.org & @regassistproj.bsky.social have examined where using hydrogen would be most effective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 1/x
March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🆕 The EU needs to address its energy information problem. Information is not available at the level of granularity, reliability and consistency needed for informed decision-making.

With @gzachmann.bsky.social @tagliapietra.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social

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www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
Europe’s energy information problem
This Policy Brief makes recommendations on how the European energy information problem can be addressed
www.bruegel.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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How are Germans planning to vote? I took a look, with five charts and a bunch of data 🇩🇪📈
February 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Can anyone look at this graphic and say that we do not urgently need rewilding on a massive scale?
February 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I very much agree with @bmcwilliams.bsky.social here.

Simplification tends to be always welcomed, but the de minimis rule could be a double-hedge sword for EU domestic producers further down the value chain.

The Commission should also be careful not to create loopholes.

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Up to 80% of companies to be exempted from CBAM. Carbon & economic effects really depend where they are. If typically further along value chains, there will be an incentive to increased processing outside EU (eg turn raw steel into a nail).

www.ft.com/content/c610...
Brussels to exempt most EU companies from carbon border tax
Over 80% to be exempted by reforms aimed at cutting red tape and boosting productivity
www.ft.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🔥 NEW report: Europe’s #heating transition is at a critical crossroads.

Without stronger policies, over 50 million fossil gas boilers could be installed in Europe by 2040 - threatening climate goals, #energysecurity & #cleantech leadership. 🏠⚡

Key findings ⬇️ 1/7
February 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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💡 Explore the comprehensive analysis on bridging the gaps in emissions pricing within the EU's energy-intensive industries by reading @gsgaravatti.bsky.social's Analysis:

➡️ https://buff.ly/3ZNcqQW

#econsky
December 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Financing building decarbonisation under the new EU #FiscalRules will be one of the biggest challenges to meeting the 2030 climate targets. We estimate a ~€150bn/year investment gap to achieve the Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) 2030 target.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Financing European Union's buildings' decarbonisation strategy
By 2030, the EU needs to reduce emissions from heating and cooling buildings, which account for 13% of the EU's emissions, by approximately 30 million…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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New study estimates annual investment needs to decarbonize the EU's building stock. Germany alone will need to invest €42 bn per year. Study prepared by @keliauskaite.bsky.social, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social, @gsgaravatti.bsky.social and @tagliapietra.bsky.social from @bruegel.bsky.social 🔌💡 1/2
December 10, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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💡 Europe's energy challenge:
98% of natural gas is imported—much as LNG—costing 5x more than domestic US gas. This dependency drives high electricity prices, with fossil fuels still central to the power mix.
To make energy affordable, Europe must decarbonise. Here's four ways to reduce prices: 🧵
December 9, 2024 at 2:17 PM
In my latest #Bruegel analysis, I explore three key challenges in phasing down free #ETS allowances for the EU energy-intensive sectors:
1️⃣ Export competitiveness
2️⃣ #CBAM's sectoral coverage
3️⃣ Geographical misallocation of industrial subsidies within the EU
December 4, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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+++NEW ANALYSIS: China’s CO2 emissions have now caused more global warming than EU+++

Our new analysis comes as the "principle of historical responsibility" is being cited in #COP29 talks on a new climate finance goal

THREAD with details, caveats + bonus chart

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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November 19, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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Why I’m optimistic about the energy transition:

Humans tend to underestimate the pace of innovation and overestimate the inertia of incumbent technologies.

Clean energy technologies have scaled much more rapidly than predicted by modellers
November 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Shocking numbers in the latest ENEA report on the Italian Superbonus.

Capital constraints and coordination issues have likely crippled the rate of adoption in multi-apartment buildings (vs single-family houses).

8 castles also benefitted from the 110% tax credit.
March 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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🆕 Together with @gsgaravatti.bsky.social @gzachmann.bsky.social @tagliapietra.bsky.social

We have summarised our understanding on what remains of EU Russia energy trade;

tl;dr trade is down 84% in two years, EU is in a powerful position to eliminate the remainder

www.bruegel.org/analysis/eur...
February 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM
How has the Ukrainian electricity trade evolved since the start of the war?

- the power system is increasingly isolated
- exports have vanished
- imports from EU countries are starting to increase

public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

Thanks to @gzachmann.bsky.social for the idea
Fig 8: Ukraine cross-border electricity trade with Russia and Slovakia, in MW, 2017-2024
A Flourish data visualization by Hèctor Badenes
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February 22, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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This is a great tool on electricity prices (and what goes into them). Do have a play around with it and if you are in Belgium in a small household well done! You are paying some of the highest electricity prices in Europe.
January 22, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Using Eurostat data, I compiled an interactive dashboard visualising final electricity prices in EU countries disentangled by price components for different consumer types.
Hoping that it is of some use, please find it here: bruegel.org/dataset/elec... #Electricity_tariffs_dashboard #Bruegel
January 22, 2024 at 8:44 AM