European green deal

The flaws in the European Union’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act and how to fix them

IAA provisions should rest on clear sector choices, WTO-safe criteria and FDI screening that welcomes value-adding investment

Ignacio García Bercero, Ben McWilliams and Simone Tagliapietra

The European Union is exporting carbon pricing through trade

Early experience of the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism shows trade can spread carbon pricing, but lower-income partners need support

Maximilian Fuchs and Camille Reverdy

Carbon pricing beyond borders: assessing climate policy spillovers from the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism

EU CBAM is nudging trade-exposed partners towards carbon pricing, but spillovers are concentrated in high and upper middle-income countries

Anna Bahí, Maximilian Fuchs and Camille Reverdy

To what extent can the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism spur global climate action?

Maximilian Fuchs and Camille Reverdy

Europe’s emissions trading system is an ally, not an enemy, of industrial competitiveness

The 2026 review of the EU ETS must be anchored in facts and focus on the potential benefits of the system to EU competitiveness

Thomas Mramor and Simone Tagliapietra

European clean tech tracker

This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe

Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Marie Jugé, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Roberto Rossini and Simone Tagliapietra

Europe’s electricity capacity mechanisms need to be better coordinated

This paper analyses EU capacity mechanisms, their cost and security impacts, and the pros and challenges of deeper regional coordination

Pär Holmberg, Christoph Maurer, Monika Morawiecka, Fabien Roques and Georg Zachmann

Europe’s Clean Industrial Deal: four priorities to fulfil its promise

The Clean Industrial Deal presents an opportunity for Europe, but quick action is needed on four priorities to deliver its goals

Ben McWilliams and Simone Tagliapietra

Advantages and pitfalls of green public procurement as a European strategic tool

Green public procurement supports EU climate goals but may conflict with other objectives, creating trade-offs that challenge its effectiveness

Marie-Sophie Lappe and Francesco Nicoli

Measuring GDP at risk in the low-carbon transition

Our model provides a bird’s eye view of a country’s exposure to transition

Dirk Schoenmaker and Willem Schramade

How should the EU govern Chinese investment in its EV transition?

Cecilia Trasi

How could nature markets provide new finance for biodiversity?

Heather Grabbe

Nature markets: how can credits and shares provide durable, additional finance?

Nature markets can boost conservation funding, but strong standards and public support are vital for lasting, equitable ecological benefits

Anna Fiore and Heather Grabbe

Greening global industry: clean energy, trade and development

How to accelerate European green transition while cooperating with the Global South

Rebecca Christie, Ben McWilliams and Jeromin Zettelmeyer