Climate Change

EUROFER position on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS)

EUROFER position paper on Directive for Geological Storage

The steel industry’s contribution to tackling climate change

The European steel industry is committed to contribute to the EU’s objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 20 % in 2020 compared with 1990 and by 30 % provided that other countries commit to comparable efforts in the framework of a global agreement.

EUROFER background paper on “waste gases” from integrated steel making sites in the context of the revision of the EU Directive on Emissions Trading

EUROFER position on the Commission proposal for the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS)

Eurofer notes considerable progress. But important issues are not yet addressed: long term leakage risk, role and definition of trade intensity, relevant thresholds.

EUROFER position on “waste gases” from integrated steel making sites in the context of the revision of the EU Directive on Emissions Trading

Emissions Trading Directive threatens to impose excessive CO2-penalty on steel making.

At a CO2-price of 50 Euro per ton of CO2, a cost-penalty of 6 Billion Euro per year is expected.