Great article about ETS-2.Marginal abatement costs in heating & transport (>€1k/t for heat pumps, e-cars) mean allowance prices could reach €80–300/t.Frontloading, MSR, price triggers & delay clause are vital for a soft start but revenues must absolutely fund schemes (eg social leasing, retrofits).

“The Commission will propose an Industrial Accelerator Act for key strategic sectors and technologies,” said @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu in #SOTEU But where did the word decarbonisation go? It was supposed to be an "Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act"

Milei sufre una rotunda derrota en las elecciones de Buenos Aires y el peronista Kicillof emerge como el principal opositor Con 13 puntos de diferencia, el peronismo, reunido en Fuerza Patria, ha arrasado con el 47,2% de los votos frente al 33,7 % de La Libertad Avanza (LLA) www.eldiario.es/1_c0087f

The Climate Drinks are back!! 🍻✨ Join us on 17 September for an evening to chat with climate and sustainability people. PLUS, we'll be tellng you all abou the #March4Rights and how to get involved with our friends from @foeeurope.bsky.social 👇

EU leaders have released a joint statement before the Trump–Putin meeting, emphasising Ukraine's right to determine its own future and the necessity of its involvement in peace talks. Hungary PM Viktor Orbán was the only leader to refuse to support the statement.

L'acier européen traverse une crise grave, et place l'Europe devant un choix à la fois simple et urgent: transformer et protéger sa sidérurgie, ou la laisser mourir. "Il faut stopper l'hémorragie."

It’s time to close the loop: from steel to steel scrap, and back to steel again. Read more in our full Policy Report, written by our policy specialists @parodijulian.bsky.social and Parul Kumar 👉 epico.org/en/ironing-o...

Need an enjoyable read for the long weekend? Look no further, the Green Steel Dialogues are here 🏭 🌱 @parodijulian.bsky.social kicks things off by speaking with Adina Adler, Executive Director of the GSCC®, on a pressing issue: What actually counts as ‘green steel’? 👇 epico.org/en/blog/the-...

🚨 Time to fix EU State Aid for clean tech! 9 civil society, research and cleantech organisations call on the 🇪🇺 Commission to rethink the draft Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF).🧵 bit.ly/3YARz2h

🏭 The conversation on #GreenSteel is heating up 🔥 💬 Our very own @parodijulian.bsky.social spoke recently to @table.media about accelerating the green transition in steel, stressing the need for cleaner production to keep CBAM effective. 🔗Check out the full article 👉 table.media/en/europe/an...

Kremlin style

„Unter den aktuellen Bedingungen gibt es keine Garantie, dass wir das Werk in absehbarer Zeit wirtschaftlich betreiben können“, sagt Thyssenkrupp-CEO Miguel López zum Duisburg-Projekt – trotz 2,3 Mrd. € Staatshilfe. Ohne OPEX-Subventionen bleibt die Roheisenherstellung untragbar.

After NextGenerationEU and RePowerEU, Ursula von der Leyen will present a new plan: RearmEurope. (She was tasked in march 2024 to present financing options in June 2024. Nine months of delay)

Europe’s top polluters have directed 75% of their $2.1 trillion profits since 2010 to shareholder payouts, rather than clean energy investments, new research by @foeeurope.bsky.social & @somoamsterdam.bsky.social finds.

Remarkable: Merz wants to discuss reforming debt brake in the *outgoing* Bundestag, where CDU/CSU+SPD+Greens still have over 2/3 of seats, before new Bundestag is constituted by 25 March. Greens already signalled willingness this morning.

Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia. Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist. Extraordinary.

Trump kündigt US-Zölle auf Stahl und Aluminium an#USA#Zölle

German SPD, Greens, CDU agree on a legislative amendment to be voted in the Bundestag this week. Key changes: new solar installations will no longer receive the fixed feed-in tariff in case of negative spot market prices. Smart meters will become more expensive, and priority for rollout is changed.

🧭 Today we held a vibrant lunch & learn session at the Sustainable Hub, diving into Europe’s new clean industrial agenda. ✨ Attendees were treated to an exclusive peek of our upcoming infographics, “Pieces of the Puzzle: Understanding EU Clean Industrial Policy Ahead of the Clean Industrial Deal.”

At the European Parliament, EU commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has just said it is "unlikely" that the legislative proposal on the EU 2040 #climate target will be presented in February

Europe : la régulation du numérique à l’épreuve de l’offensive de Trump, Musk et Zuckerberg

🌍 Die europäische Stahlindustrie steht unter massiven Druck. 🗨️ Wir sprachen darüber mit Parul Kumar, stellvertretende Geschäftsführerin, und Julian Parodi, EU Policy Specialist für industrielle Dekarbonisierung. www.energate-messenger.de/news/249620/... (€)

Never forget.

Satellite images, obtained by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, show that the Israeli military has stepped up the destruction of homes and agricultural lands in southern Gaza. 🔴 LIVE Updates: aje.io/exadr6

Corée du Sud : le président Yoon Suk Yeol destitué par l’Assemblée nationale

According to the UN global hunger is rising at an alarming rate, with 343 million people estimated to be acutely food insecure across 74 countries.

More climate trivia -- here is a graph showing the single hottest day of each year, 1940 - 2024. The only two years breaking 17.0°C are 2023 and 2024, with 2024 the hottest of them all. There appears to be a trend.

The Jewish reincarnation of Goebbels, Stephen Miller, is likely to be especially influential and especially brutal. “America is for Americans only,” he shouted at Trump’s Madison Square Garden Nazi campaign rally. #TurdReichRedux thehill.com/opinion/immi...