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The paper Projects of Common Interest and Gas Producers Pricing Strategy intends to answer the question, whether the existing gas infrastructure is capable to serve the decarbonization goals of the EU and if not, what pieces of infrastructure could fill the gap.

The report EU ETS: Last Call Before the Doors Close on the Negotiations for the Post-2020 Reform analyses the reform proposals for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

The report Phase-out 2020: Monitoring Europe's Fossil Fuel Subsidies shows that governments in Europe and the European Union (EU) are continuing to subsidise oil, gas and coal, fuelling dangerous climate change with taxpayers’ money both at home and abroad.

The report All Hands on Deck: Setting Course to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Baltic Sea Region looks at the sea’s economic and environmental situation through the lens of a “SWOT” analysis — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats — that is based on the Principles, and it proposes a set of action steps to realize this singular opportunity: the chance to create a global model of prosperity and environmental stewardship in the Baltic Sea region’s maritime economy.

The adoption of the Paris Agreement at the end of 2015 and the EU’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) have confirmed the EU’s commitment to achieve decarbonisation by 2050. Transport accounts for about a quarter of EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, representing the second-largest source of GHG emissions in Europe after the energy sector. The transport sector will play a significant role in the EU’s efforts to decarbonise its economy in line with its international commitments.

The purpose of this report is to examine different EU policy options to address transport emissions, with a special emphasis on passenger cars. It ‘thinks through’ the options that are currently assessed in the EU and considers how they could be put together in a comprehensive framework. The report concludes with a number of measures to lead EU transport decarbonisation policy. A distinction is made between i) no-regret options and ii) measures for consideration.