In the context of the EU-UK Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) linkage negotiations, Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) joined more than 55 key players from across the industry and civil society to address a joint letter to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and other European Commissioners and UKContinue reading “EU-UK ETS linkage negotiations”
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Open Letter: Research & Innovation must sit at the heart of the EU’s Competitiveness Agenda
The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) has joined twelve leading think tanks and associations in signing an open letter to EU leaders, calling for a robust, stable, and predictable Research and Innovation (R&I) framework that will keep Europe at the forefront of global competitiveness while advancing its climate neutrality goals. As discussions continue around the designContinue reading “Open Letter: Research & Innovation must sit at the heart of the EU’s Competitiveness Agenda”
Open Letter: CCS in the Clean Industrial Deal
A coalition of 39 industry leaders and civil society organisations urge the European Commission to advance an ambitious Clean Industrial Deal, emphasising the crucial role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in achieving climate neutrality by 2050. This letter outlines key priorities for policy, infrastructure, and funding to accelerate CCS deployment, ensuring industrial decarbonisation, economicContinue reading “Open Letter: CCS in the Clean Industrial Deal”
Open Letter: Urgent need to scale up Industrial Carbon Management in Europe
Fifty-one signatories from leading industries and civil society are calling on the new European Commission to urgently scale up industrial carbon management to meet Europe’s climate objectives. An open letter addressed to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stresses the need for the rapid deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)Continue reading “Open Letter: Urgent need to scale up Industrial Carbon Management in Europe”
Open letter: Harnessing the IPCEI mechanism to boost CCS and CCU
30 members of the industrial carbon management community and several umbrella organisations have come together to emphasise the importance of supporting an IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) dedicated to industrial carbon management (ICM). This encompasses CO2 capture, removal, utilisation, transport, and storage infrastructure. This broad coalition, involving companies across the value chain, asContinue reading “Open letter: Harnessing the IPCEI mechanism to boost CCS and CCU”
Open letter: Industry and civil society calls on European Commission to develop strategy for low-carbon products
In the context of the upcoming Industrial Carbon Management Strategy (ICMS), ZEP joins industries and civil society in calling on the European Commission to include policy initiatives to foster a market for low-carbon products. This joint appeal underscores the importance of an integrated approach and specific policy measures addressing both the demand and supply sideContinue reading “Open letter: Industry and civil society calls on European Commission to develop strategy for low-carbon products”
Open letter on Article 18 of the NZIA
The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP), together with Bellona, the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP), and other signatories, has signed an open letter on Article 18 of the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA). The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP), together with Bellona, the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP), and other signatories,Continue reading “Open letter on Article 18 of the NZIA”
Stakeholders call on TRAN Committee to recognise ship, rail, barge and truck for transporting CO2 to storage
On 14 February, ZEP joined stakeholders in a letter calling on the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) to support amendments tabled to recognise transport of CO2 to storage via ship, rail, barge, and truck. Stakeholders call on the TRAN Committee to recognise ship, rail, barge, and truck for transporting CO2 to storage
Joint Letter to the European Commission on taxonomy and hydrogen production
ZEP has actively followed and engaged in the developments around the delegated acts implementing the Regulation on Sustainable Finance. In agreement with points raised in the letter of 11 March 2021, ZEP would like to stress the importance of actions needed to enable the manufacturing of any grid-connected low-carbon hydrogen. View ZEP’s letter.
Letter to Commissioner for Energy on the revision of the TEN-E Regulation
Following the revision of the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) Regulation, ZEP sent a letter to Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson to share the Platform’s thoughts and highlight that CO2 transport and storage infrastructure is crucial to achieve climate neutrality in the EU by 2050 and should be included in a revised TEN-E Regulation.