ICF, SQ Consult and VITO were commissioned in January 2016 to review the operation of the 'New Entrant Reserve' (NER) 300 Programme ("the Programme") as operated through two calls for projects in 2011 and 2013 and to identify lessons for any further operation. There are two main objectives to...

This technical guidance document has been prepared for DG Climate Action, to support the EU Member States in complying with the 'LULUCF Regulation', Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals...

The objective of this study is to identify global current best practice on carbon capture and storage (CCS) readiness, drawing both on practical experience from jurisdictions around the world, and on industry literature written since the Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon...

Today, industry accounts for about 25% of EU final energy demand and about 20% of GHG emissions, which is mainly due to key energy-intensive industries, products, and processes, such as steel, cement and ethylene production. The decarbonisation of these industries is therefore critical for the...

This study is aimed at developing a list of potential policy options for minimising on-site fugitive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during shale gas exploration and production in the EU, and evaluating their climate, environmental and economic impacts. The specific objectives of the study are to...

This report presents the results from a study to estimate the benefits of removing market barriers in the shipping sector, including with the use of a transparent monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system. It has been commissioned by DG Climate Action in support of its work to assess...