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”
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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”
ZEP letter to DG CLIMA on CO2 shipping in EU ETS
ZEP highlights that allowing for the possibility to use ships, trains and trucks as means of CO2 transport to the Northern Lights project in the EU ETS is critical. This decision is crucial for the development of CCS in Europe, and a necessary basis for the cross-border CO2 transport and storage projects that are presentlyContinue reading “ZEP letter to DG CLIMA on CO2 shipping in EU ETS”