Building Our Green Future Standards To Support Decarbonising Energy-Intensive Industries

Our paper analyses the relationship between key regulatory requirements and supporting standards, and outlines how they can better contribute to achieving the EU’s net-zero 2050 GHG emissions goal. The policy context of this paper is the forthcoming Phase 4 of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), as well as the revisions of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) already underway.

Recommendations within the paper put forward proposals for the reconfiguration of key technical mechanisms within the policies mentioned, complimented by focus on provisions concerning steel and cement, as two of the most energy intensive industries in Europe and the world today, contributing a combined 13% to global CO2 emissions.

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