Mar 14, 2023 | Electrification, Hydrogen
On February 13th 2023, the European Commission released two pieces of legislation to provide criteria defining renewable hydrogen products. The so-called Delegated Acts matter because they set out how to comply with other regulations under review which will force ships, aircraft and heavy industry to use a minimum content requirement of the fuel, such as the Renewable Energy Directive, REFuelEU Aviation and FuelEU Maritime.
Feb 21, 2023 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Industry, 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 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Climate Financing, EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Industry
Sandbag warns that EU carbon market reforms raise ambition but fail to fix structural flaws: free allocation is phased out too slowly, CBAM coverage remains partial, benchmarks still reward polluting processes, and circularity is sidelined-risking inefficiency, distortions, and missed decarbonisation opportunities
Dec 15, 2022 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Industry
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 | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
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...
