May 25, 2023 | Financing, Industry, Publications
Fixing the Innovation Fixation Joint blog with Carbon Market Watch 25 May 2023 Sandbag’s feedback to the EC 25 May 2023 The EU’s Innovation Fund, launched in 2018, is the EU’s programme for funding cutting-edge low-carbon technologies. To be eligible, projects...
May 5, 2023 | ETS, General, Publications, Steel
Free allocation needs to incentivise circularity for the EU to reach net zero Open letter: Free allocation needs to incentivise circularity for the EU to reach net zero To: DG CLIMA – Mr Heiko Kunst Chair of the Expert Group on Climate Change Policy ...
Apr 18, 2023 | Industry, Publications, Steel
From Process to Product: A Fix to the Allocation of Free Emission Permits to Industry On 18 April 2023, Sandbag presented to the European Commission’s Expert Group on Climate Change Policy a proposal for reforming the granting of free emission permits to industry...
Apr 4, 2023 | Industry, Publications
The Net Zero Industry Act All industry, no net-zero The European Commission’s proposal for a Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) as part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan purports to boost the European green transition whilst decreasing dependence on third countries. But...
Mar 22, 2023 | Hydrogen, Publications
The European Hydrogen Bank A recipe for competitive distortion Last Thursday, the European Commission published its Communication on the European Hydrogen Bank set to accompany the Net-Zero Industry Act, the legislative proposal for which was published on the same...
Mar 14, 2023 | Hydrogen, Publications
EU Criteria for Green Hydrogen: How They Could Increase Relience on Thermal Power and Hijack the Energy Transition On February 13th, the European Commission released two pieces of legislation to provide criteria defining renewable hydrogen products. The so-called...
Feb 21, 2023 | CBAM, Industry, Publications, Steel
Mind the scrap: ignoring embedded emissions puts the CBAM at risk Sandbag’s submission to DG TAXUD’s Informal Expert Group on the Analytical Methods for the Monitoring, Reporting, Quantification and Verification of Embedded Emissions in Goods under the Scrope of the...
Jan 19, 2023 | CBAM, ETS, Financing, Industry, Publications
Lost opportunity of carbon market reform leaves a lot to fix in ancillary laws On 13 December 2022, the European Commission, Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism that will partly replace the free allocation...
Dec 15, 2022 | ETS, Industry, Publications
A big win for a handful of powerful lobbies. A big loss for everyone else. This weekend, the European Commission, Parliament, and Council are set to finalise an important reform of the EU’s carbon market in the final round of their “trilogue” (trilogues are informal...
Dec 8, 2022 | CBAM, ETS, Publications
An export solution for a faster CBAM phase-in A Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has been proposed by the European Commission as an alternative to the measures under the EU ETS that currently address the risk of carbon-intensive industries relocating to...
