To get full access to all recommendations, here's the link!👉 🔗 epico.org/en/publicati...

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!

Now, it's crucial to evaluate how the MSR can be strengthened, w/o undermining the ETS 2 cap-and-trade model & its climate effectiveness.💪

We unpacked these recommendations in our September Policy Report ➡️ epico.org/en/defending...

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 ✋❌.

Simon is also the co-author of our new study, which explores how to safeguard ETS 2 without watering it down.

Check out our full set of recommendations, including frontloading of revenues, here 👉 epico.org/en/defending...

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. 🏗️♻️🌍

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. ⚽🚫

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.

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.

📄 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...

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

⚡ 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. 🔌

💡 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. 🏗️🌍

We propose a smarter way forward: combine MSR tweaks with #frontloading ETS2 revenues to invest early in clean transport, home energy upgrades & compensation💡

Read our op-ed in @tspbackground.bsky.social 👉 background.tagesspiegel.de/energie-und-...

The EU’s 2040 modelling shows 344 million tonnes of CO₂ must be captured annually. Success depends on planning certainty, infrastructure access and strong economic signals.

🇩🇪 In April, we explored Germany’s approach.
📄 Read our latest paper (DE): epico.org/de/leitlinie...

We brought together policymakers, industry and infrastructure experts to discuss:
🔹 National carbon management strategies
🔹 Cross-border infrastructure challenges
🔹 What is needed to scale up investment and deployment in Europe

Insights will feed into a policy paper to be published in September.