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/
Hear directly from our specialist and co-author Holly Attwell 👇
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hear directly from our specialist and co-author Holly Attwell 👇
In the report, we outline how to unlock this potential:
🇪🇺 a pan-European CO₂ transport network;
💡 large-scale storage in the North Sea;
🤝 coordinated public-private investments;
🏭 sectoral pathways for hard-to-abate industries;
... and more!
🇪🇺 a pan-European CO₂ transport network;
💡 large-scale storage in the North Sea;
🤝 coordinated public-private investments;
🏭 sectoral pathways for hard-to-abate industries;
... and more!
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In the report, we outline how to unlock this potential:
🇪🇺 a pan-European CO₂ transport network;
💡 large-scale storage in the North Sea;
🤝 coordinated public-private investments;
🏭 sectoral pathways for hard-to-abate industries;
... and more!
🇪🇺 a pan-European CO₂ transport network;
💡 large-scale storage in the North Sea;
🤝 coordinated public-private investments;
🏭 sectoral pathways for hard-to-abate industries;
... and more!
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 acting early to boost price-stability and investment incentives, rather than scrambling to fix things later.
This marks its first counterproposal to Member States pushing for delay ✋❌.
This marks its first counterproposal to Member States pushing for delay ✋❌.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Commission is acting early to boost price-stability and investment incentives, rather than scrambling to fix things later.
This marks its first counterproposal to Member States pushing for delay ✋❌.
This marks its first counterproposal to Member States pushing for delay ✋❌.
🚨 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...
What Europe really needs is a proper green steel label:
✅ Science-based
✅ Circularity-friendly
✅ Legally sound
✅ Fair to all producers
Just like we trust food labels to guide better choices, we need the same for the steel shaping our future. 🏗️♻️🌍
✅ Science-based
✅ Circularity-friendly
✅ Legally sound
✅ Fair to all producers
Just like we trust food labels to guide better choices, we need the same for the steel shaping our future. 🏗️♻️🌍
July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What Europe really needs is a proper green steel label:
✅ Science-based
✅ Circularity-friendly
✅ Legally sound
✅ Fair to all producers
Just like we trust food labels to guide better choices, we need the same for the steel shaping our future. 🏗️♻️🌍
✅ Science-based
✅ Circularity-friendly
✅ Legally sound
✅ Fair to all producers
Just like we trust food labels to guide better choices, we need the same for the steel shaping our future. 🏗️♻️🌍
Why doesn’t LESS work for long steel products like rebar and structural shapes? 👇
❗Worst of all: it could trigger more scrap exports and more carbon-intensive imports.
A textbook industrial own goal. ⚽🚫
❗Worst of all: it could trigger more scrap exports and more carbon-intensive imports.
A textbook industrial own goal. ⚽🚫
July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Why doesn’t LESS work for long steel products like rebar and structural shapes? 👇
❗Worst of all: it could trigger more scrap exports and more carbon-intensive imports.
A textbook industrial own goal. ⚽🚫
❗Worst of all: it could trigger more scrap exports and more carbon-intensive imports.
A textbook industrial own goal. ⚽🚫
Enter: the Low Emission Steel Standard (LESS) — a voluntary label promoted by coal-based steelmakers.
🎯The aim? Certify steel products based on their climate impact.
🚫The problem? LESS lacks a robust, science-based methodology.
🎯The aim? Certify steel products based on their climate impact.
🚫The problem? LESS lacks a robust, science-based methodology.
July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Enter: the Low Emission Steel Standard (LESS) — a voluntary label promoted by coal-based steelmakers.
🎯The aim? Certify steel products based on their climate impact.
🚫The problem? LESS lacks a robust, science-based methodology.
🎯The aim? Certify steel products based on their climate impact.
🚫The problem? LESS lacks a robust, science-based methodology.
Green steel labelling helps manufacturers, builders & public buyers choose climate-friendly materials and cut Scope 3 emissions.
But only if the label is clear, credible, and built on solid science.
But only if the label is clear, credible, and built on solid science.
July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Green steel labelling helps manufacturers, builders & public buyers choose climate-friendly materials and cut Scope 3 emissions.
But only if the label is clear, credible, and built on solid science.
But only if the label is clear, credible, and built on solid science.
📄 The first paper in our new Electrifying Energy-Intensive Industries series is out now: focused on the EU funding toolbox.
Read the full brief 👉 epico.org/en/publicati...
Read the full brief 👉 epico.org/en/publicati...
July 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📄 The first paper in our new Electrifying Energy-Intensive Industries series is out now: focused on the EU funding toolbox.
Read the full brief 👉 epico.org/en/publicati...
Read the full brief 👉 epico.org/en/publicati...
In our new brief, we call for 4 key EU actions:
1️⃣ Link funding to CO₂ intensity and resilience
2️⃣ Expand competitive auctions & blended finance
3️⃣ Target existing EU funds at clean industry
4️⃣ Use InvestEU to crowd-in private capital
1️⃣ Link funding to CO₂ intensity and resilience
2️⃣ Expand competitive auctions & blended finance
3️⃣ Target existing EU funds at clean industry
4️⃣ Use InvestEU to crowd-in private capital
July 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In our new brief, we call for 4 key EU actions:
1️⃣ Link funding to CO₂ intensity and resilience
2️⃣ Expand competitive auctions & blended finance
3️⃣ Target existing EU funds at clean industry
4️⃣ Use InvestEU to crowd-in private capital
1️⃣ Link funding to CO₂ intensity and resilience
2️⃣ Expand competitive auctions & blended finance
3️⃣ Target existing EU funds at clean industry
4️⃣ Use InvestEU to crowd-in private capital
⚡ Direct and indirect electrification - think renewables, heat pumps, e-boilers, and electrolysis - can slash emissions.
But costs remain high, tech still maturing, and infrastructure patchy. Unlocking this shift needs more than ambition: it needs smart, targeted support. 🔌
But costs remain high, tech still maturing, and infrastructure patchy. Unlocking this shift needs more than ambition: it needs smart, targeted support. 🔌
July 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
⚡ Direct and indirect electrification - think renewables, heat pumps, e-boilers, and electrolysis - can slash emissions.
But costs remain high, tech still maturing, and infrastructure patchy. Unlocking this shift needs more than ambition: it needs smart, targeted support. 🔌
But costs remain high, tech still maturing, and infrastructure patchy. Unlocking this shift needs more than ambition: it needs smart, targeted support. 🔌
💡 These industries are the backbone of our economy, supplying materials, creating jobs, and anchoring regional value chains.
But they also account for a quarter of Europe’s GHG emissions. Decarbonising them is essential if the EU wants to stay competitive and reach net zero. 🏗️🌍
But they also account for a quarter of Europe’s GHG emissions. Decarbonising them is essential if the EU wants to stay competitive and reach net zero. 🏗️🌍
July 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
💡 These industries are the backbone of our economy, supplying materials, creating jobs, and anchoring regional value chains.
But they also account for a quarter of Europe’s GHG emissions. Decarbonising them is essential if the EU wants to stay competitive and reach net zero. 🏗️🌍
But they also account for a quarter of Europe’s GHG emissions. Decarbonising them is essential if the EU wants to stay competitive and reach net zero. 🏗️🌍
🔋⚙️ 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
A big thank you to all participants – especially @ktsilimekis.bsky.social, Felix Domke, @germanwatch.bsky.social, and Susanne Schulze Bockeloh (Deutscher Bauernverband) for challenging input that sharpened the debate 🙏
📄 Stay tuned for our upcoming policy paper on sustainable protein in 🇩🇪!
📄 Stay tuned for our upcoming policy paper on sustainable protein in 🇩🇪!
June 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A big thank you to all participants – especially @ktsilimekis.bsky.social, Felix Domke, @germanwatch.bsky.social, and Susanne Schulze Bockeloh (Deutscher Bauernverband) for challenging input that sharpened the debate 🙏
📄 Stay tuned for our upcoming policy paper on sustainable protein in 🇩🇪!
📄 Stay tuned for our upcoming policy paper on sustainable protein in 🇩🇪!
We tackled big questions like:
🌾 How to strengthen local value chains
🚜 How to scale plant-based protein production
📢 How to boost public awareness of regional agri-products
The result was a rare mix of optimism and practical ideas 💡
🌾 How to strengthen local value chains
🚜 How to scale plant-based protein production
📢 How to boost public awareness of regional agri-products
The result was a rare mix of optimism and practical ideas 💡
June 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We tackled big questions like:
🌾 How to strengthen local value chains
🚜 How to scale plant-based protein production
📢 How to boost public awareness of regional agri-products
The result was a rare mix of optimism and practical ideas 💡
🌾 How to strengthen local value chains
🚜 How to scale plant-based protein production
📢 How to boost public awareness of regional agri-products
The result was a rare mix of optimism and practical ideas 💡
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
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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
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Insights from Beatriz Yordi, Peter Liese, @zofiawetmanska.bsky.social @ireform.bsky.social, @lukehwd.bsky.social, & Monica Berg👇
🔹 Social leasing & direct payments for fairness
🔹 Frontload ETS 2 revenues to build early buy-in
🔹 Go beyond the Social Climate Fund: invest in mobility, skills & trust
🔹 Social leasing & direct payments for fairness
🔹 Frontload ETS 2 revenues to build early buy-in
🔹 Go beyond the Social Climate Fund: invest in mobility, skills & trust
June 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Insights from Beatriz Yordi, Peter Liese, @zofiawetmanska.bsky.social @ireform.bsky.social, @lukehwd.bsky.social, & Monica Berg👇
🔹 Social leasing & direct payments for fairness
🔹 Frontload ETS 2 revenues to build early buy-in
🔹 Go beyond the Social Climate Fund: invest in mobility, skills & trust
🔹 Social leasing & direct payments for fairness
🔹 Frontload ETS 2 revenues to build early buy-in
🔹 Go beyond the Social Climate Fund: invest in mobility, skills & trust