CATF Resources
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Building Blocks | EU Nitrogen Fertilisers: Foundations and Pressures
Nitrogen fertilisers are a foundational aspect of the EU chemical industry and underpin EU manufacturing, agriculture, and food security.
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Forging demand for low-carbon steel in the Industrial Accelerator Act
Steel is a strategic industry for the EU and one of its most carbon intensive – accounting for 5% of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The technologies to decarbonise it are already available: what is missing is demand. The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) can help unlock this, but the current proposal…
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Three steps to create lead markets for low-carbon chemicals under the Industrial Accelerator Act
Decarbonising the chemical sector while improving its competitiveness will shape the pace of the EU’s broader industrial transformation and its ability to reach climate neutrality while protecting its industries. The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) has the opportunity to address the central challenge of the process: providing predictable demand for low-carbon…
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Building on firm foundations: Cement and concrete in the Industrial Accelerator Act
Cement is a particularly challenging sector to decarbonise as a large proportion of CO2 produced is inherent to the manufacturing process. The high investment costs needed to abate the process emissions, compounded by the sector’s large and widespread production base and the risk aversion of the construction value chain. While…
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Nuclear Energy as One Option for Decarbonising Poland’s District Heating Systems
This report assesses whether nuclear technologies could contribute to the decarbonisation of selected district heating systems in Poland.
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Clarifying industry myths and arguments about the EU Methane Regulation
IOGP’s letter and position paper of 1 September 2026, urging the European Commission and EU Member States to re-open and delay the EU Methane Regulation (EUMR) are based on several wrong or misleading assumptions.
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Methane Intensity Methodology for the EU Methane Regulation: 15 July 2026 Workshop Readout
This convening was organised to move from mapping trade-offs to building consensus around technically defensible methodology options that could serve as the foundation for a co-signed position by interested organisations.
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State-Led Planning, Development, and Procurement
This report identifies how establishing state-led planning and procurement can help state governments in deregulated electricity markets meet their power sector decarbonization goals and lays out the components needed to put that planning in action.
