ZEP urges the EU institutions to maintain a strong standing in climate ambitions, by avoiding short-term measures, such as political interventions in the EU ETS market, that would come at the expense of the needed long-term incentives to decarbonisation.
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Proposal for a Union certification framework for carbon removals
On 30 November 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation establishing a certification framework for carbon removals.
Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024
The European Commission published a draft version of the new Horizon Europe Work Programme, outlining upcoming funding opportunities under the EU’s flagship programme for Research and Innovation (R&I) activities.
€3 billion available under the Innovation Fund
The European Commission launched the third large-scale call of the Innovation Fund on 3 November 2022. As mentioned in the Communication ‘REPowerEU Plan’ published in May 2022 the size was doubled to €3 billion in grant funding compared to the previous large-scale call.
European Commission analysis paper on the London protocol
On 30 September 2022, the European Commission (EC) published an analysis paper called ‘The EU legal framework for cross-border CO2 transport and storage in the context of the requirements of the London Protocol’, where it provides an analysis of the EU ETS directive, the CO2 storage directive, and the London Protocol.
Joint CCSA-ZEP response to ICVCM Consultation
On 27 September 2022, ZEP responded to the the ICVCM Consultation: Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), Assessment Framework and Assessment Procedure. ZEP’s response is publicly available here.
EU emergency intervention in energy markets
In response to the energy price rises, the European Commission (EC) presented, on 14 September 2022, a proposal for a Council Regulation on an emergency intervention in energy markets.
ZEP Note – UK shortlists 20 CCUS projects for government funding
On 12 August 2022 the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) selected 20 projects for possible government funding.
ZEP briefing – Results of the 2nd call of the Innovation Fund
Following the submission of 138 project proposals in March 2022, the Commission has announced, on 12th July, the 17 projects that will receive a total of €1.8 billion in funding under the second call for large-scale innovative clean-tech projects of the Innovation Fund.
ZEP proposal for similar rules on CO2 storage in the EU and UK ETS
On 16 June 2022, ZEP set forth a paper on enabling emitters covered by the EU and UK ETS to store CO2 across CCS systems, while benefitting from the same incentives.