🇪🇺 CLC event: Addressing energy costs, investment gaps and market demand for low-carbon materials
Time: Monday 3.6., 13:00-15:00 CEST
Location: European Parliament, Brussels
Language: English
Invitation-only
Hosted by MEPs Christian Ehler and Ville Niinistö, in cooperation with Climate Leadership Coalition and partners.
Europe has set a clear and ambitious framework for industrial decarbonisation. The challenge is no longer direction, but delivery.
Low-carbon technologies in energy-intensive industries are advancing, and first-mover projects are under way across sectors such as steel. However, investment decisions remain constrained by a combination of structural factors: high and volatile energy costs, insufficient infrastructure, permitting delays, regulatory complexity, and increasing global competition for capital.
Against this backdrop, the EU is developing new instruments, including the Competitiveness Fund and the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank, alongside existing tools such as the EU ETS, which will be reviewed this year, and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. The effectiveness of these instruments will depend on whether they can translate climate ambition into real investment, production, and market uptake within Europe.
The central question is therefore not whether Europe should decarbonise its industry, but how it can create the conditions for clean industry to scale competitively in Europe.
If you are interested in participating in this event, please reach out to Tapio Laakso.
