Dr. Vanessa Cook

EU 2040 Climate Target: Contributions of the Energy Supply Sector

The European Union (EU) is legally obliged to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and has an interim target for 2030 of reducing net Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 55% compared to 1990. The European Climate Law also requires the EU to adopt a climate target for 2040. In its Communication of 6 F

Managing the Risks of Carbon Storage through Effective Policy Design

Securing the Underground

This study examines the environmental and technological risks of geological storage of carbon dioxide, focusing on offshore sites. Reducing emissions remains the top priority to address the climate crisis, but carbon storage is increasingly seen as necessary to offset remaining greenhouse gas emissi

Update 2024

Compliance under the EU Effort Sharing Regulation

The following section provides an overview of the timeline for compliance under the EU Effort Sharing Regulation. The consistent and continuous reduction of emissions in the affected sectors is of paramount importance so that the emission allowances allocated for free in 2021-2030 are ideally suffic

Emissions from the 12 largest chemical parks in Germany

Dirty Dozen: Chemical Industry

In this report we looked at the “Dirty Dozen,” the twelve chemical parks with the highest amount of emissions in Germany. These twelve heavyweights were responsible for a total of around 23 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022. That is a full three percent of the overall greenhouse gas emiss

Study for the Air Pollution and Climate Secretariat (AirClim) and the Life ETX Consortium

The Revision of the European Union Emissions Trading System Directive: Assessing Cap and Market Stability Reserve Reform Options

The modelling exercises show that an isolated analysis of a few reform options for the cap and for the MSR can easily lead to less robust results in view of the different uncertainties. The integrated analysis of the largest possible number of options and their combinations (e.g. with a view to base

Good Practices in GHG Inventories for the Waste Sector

This study supports the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories in the waste sector through good practice examples which can be adopted in other countries. It complements the existing reporting guidance under the UNFCCC with real life examples in the waste sector from different countries. It is di