📅 @CarbonMarketWatch has put together a clear and concise timeline of what's going to happen with #ETS and #CBAM from here to 2034

🔍Global Energy Monitor just updated their global steel plant & blast furnace trackers – great tools and datasets to get more insights in the sector

🔴‘The Hamburg case’: How steelmakers won the fight for free EU emissions permits, with help from Germany

Steelmakers will continue receiving some 18m CO2 allowances for free in 2026-2030 acc to EU documents seen by Carbon Pulse.

🤓Weekend reading:👉carbon-pulse.com/269107/

Final punchline: 'Eurofer got the cake and the icing, they just didn't get the cherry on top'.

More👇(€) with Euromines, Sandbag, H2 Green Steel, EuRIC

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Europe needs to step up circular economy efforts: EU agency dlvr.it/T4Nc9r #circulareconomy #EuropeanEnvironmentAgency

🔎 The automotive industry could drive the demand for green steel in the EU, but policy clarity is key.

📝 Dive into our commentary by Patricia Urban and Fausto Zaccaro from Sandbag for insights on how clear targets and regulatory measures can pave the way for a low-carbon…

🟢Despite the current limitations of the #ETS , the EU can promote #greensteel through #leadmarkets .

✍️Our Op-Ed with CEPS ThinkTank highlights the potential of the #automotive industry to lead the uptake of green steel.

👇Check it out
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The text of the trilogue agreement on the Net zero industry act ( #NZIA ) is now finalised. Here is the list of the technologies covered. Next steps: examination in Coreper on Wednesday and vote in ITRE Committee Press on the 22nd

As a frontrunner in steel recycling, the US holds potential to drive international cooperation. But with 2024 elections looming, addressing tariff tensions and boosting domestic decarbonisation is critical.

Read E3G's recommendations for US #SteelPolicy :
e3g.org/publications/r…

Here is the list of technologies that has been agreed during the last trilogue on the Net zero industry act ( #NZIA ). The wording still need to be fine-tuned at technical level

👇The Industrial #CarbonManagement Strategy by European Commission is out.

Disappointingly, the strategy fails to provide clear guidance on phasing out fossil fuels in the industrial sector and further condones their use in the power sector.

ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

Reducing fossil fuel emissions means reducing fossil fuel demand. Carbon capture is not a magic solution

Failing to cut demand would require an implausibly large amount of CCUS - with annual investment surging from $4 billion last year to $3.5 trillion ➡️ iea.li/3ufBTWl

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European Commission Benchmarks for steel production will not take scrap metal into account and will not be providing free #EUAs to operators who use scrap metal, of which the EU is the world's top exporter

NGOs like Sandbag EEB WWF EU pushed for this

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🔎 Our in-depth analysis on #greensteel in the automotive industry is out! This report by Patricia Urban, Luca Nipius and Christian Egenhofer investigates different policy options and multi-stakeholder initiatives that could trigger demand for green steel by the automotive industry.…

📣Steel decarbonisation efforts are tied to an unambitious #EUETS that fails to close the cost gap between conventional and green steelmaking.

👇Our new report is featured in Carbon Pulse this week: carbon-pulse.com/253325/
Read the report here: bit.ly/425ojRV

📢The #EUETS should not discourage less polluting manufacturing methods.

In this op-ed in Les Echos we criticise the amended Free Allocation Regulation for continuing to penalise the recycling of steel.
lesechos.fr/idees-debats/c…

💸The price premium for #greensteel represents a substantial barrier to industrial #decarbonisation .

👇Read our new report which examines the impact of steel production using low-carbon technologies further down the value chain.
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📉Carbon prices in the #EUETS continue to fall today after a 17-month low.

👇Keep track of price movements using our online carbon price viewer.
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