Aligning the Global Gateway around ‘resilience’ could give it a new lease on life
Since its launch in 2021, the Global Gateway strategy has been positioned as the EU’s primary partnership tool, among others, to project European influence and values abroad and/or to safeguard European contributions to industrial value chains. Three years later, the strategy needs to show some concrete outcomes if it’s to fulfil its ambitions. However, the […]
Between a rock and a hard place: energy and carbon in the new political cycle
At first glance, the EU’s 2024-29 policy cycle may appear focused on the technical implementation of the vast amount of climate legislation agreed under the Fit for 55 package. Yet beneath these technicalities lie important strategic choices. Chief among them is how to boost economic competitiveness while safeguarding climate credibility. Plans for a Clean Industrial […]
Understanding the barriers to recycling critical raw materials for the energy transition
Rising geopolitical tensions and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have intensified concerns about securing access to the critical raw materials (CRMs) that are needed for the energy transition. A group of 17 elements referred to as rare earth elements (REEs) are among the CRMs for which security of supply is increasingly becoming a matter […]
Green and enviable
In the new 2024-29 political cycle, policymakers are poised to continue their efforts to deliver the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Fit for 55 package, to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The report presents 30 policy recommendations across seven thematic chapters, addressing various aspects of the European Green Deal. These provide a […]
Is the European Green Deal gender-sensitive?
Under the European Green Deal’s bold EU climate and energy policies, every single EU citizen will be directly affected. As part of the commitment to ‘leave no one behind’, it is vital to mitigate and alleviate any excessive or undesirable outcomes that could disproportionately impact specific gender or social groups. On top of this, all […]
Squaring the Circle: Policies from Europe’s Circular Economy Transition
Launch of the new World Bank report: “Squaring the Circle: Policies from Europe’s Circular Economy Transition” Followed by a panel discussion: “How can Europe further boost the Circular Economy Transition within and beyond its borders?” The overlapping geopolitical, economic, and environmental crises currently impacting the world economy highlight the urgency to address surging rates […]
The Green Transition in the EU and Japan during geopolitical and energy market turmoil
With Russia’s war on Ukraine, energy security has returned to the top of the political agenda. Europe and Asia are both scrambling to reduce their dependency on Russian energy while competing for scarce alternatives such as LNG. Households as well as businesses, both large and small, face the pain of high energy prices. Longer-term, the […]
Track 1.5 Climate Dialogue – EU-India Cooperation on Industry Transition
The dialogue will bring together stakeholders from India and the European Union (EU) to discuss recent developments in the sphere of industrial decarbonisation with the aim to develop a greater understanding of the policy landscape in both India and the EU. The dialogue will also aim to identify shared approaches between the two regions for […]
The New Industrial Strategy for Europe
Faced with the prospect of a long-lasting and traumatic Covid-19 pandemic, we at CEPS decided to step up our efforts to support the work of EU institutions in the development of an industrial strategy fit for a brighter future. We started to advertise an ambitious work programme in early summer 2020, and officially launched the Task […]