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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Sep 11

🚗💨As cars cruise on roads, they’re not just burning fuel, but driving massive demand for steel. Most of that steel is made with coal.

The cost? Communities choking on pollution, facing higher risk diseases—even dying.

With the IAA car show ongoing, the carmakers must start demanding #GreenSteel.

Clean cars need clean steel

The electric vehicle revolution is already slashing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation – but what if it could do even more?

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SteelWatch @steelwatch.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Aug 28

The nexus between trade and industry is a hot topic for the coming months.

We responded to the EU Commission's call for evidence on #CBAM with a 5-point submission, demanding that it will not be turned into a pure protectionist and trade defence measure.

Submission to consultation: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

The implementation of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) aims at staying the course with the broad policy toolbox and objectives put forward in the past EU mandate, as stated by the newly e...

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Apr 14

⛓️The transition for European #GreenSteel is not cheap but we cannot say that the money is not there.

What is needed now is the political will to make it happen and an industrial willingness to accept that business as usual will not save the sector.

@borisjankowiak.bsky.social writes ➡️

"But that is the price of survival, and it is the challenge that the steel industry urgently has to meet"

EU steelmakers have gorged on public money without taking steps to decarbonise or prepare for the future. State aid should go on, but with conditio...

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WWF EU @wwf.eu · Apr 16

👀 Read the Op-ed from our colleague at @caneurope.org on #GreenSteel: State aid must be calibrated to save European steel industry

@borisjankowiak.bsky.social mentioned our latest #ETS report, written with @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social

Find out more in our report 👉 www.wwf.eu?17151291/cle...

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Apr 3

🔎Spotlight on steel at @europarl.europa.eu again this week.

🩺The diagnosis of European steel industry's trouble is widely shared but proposals for treatment vary.

🏭Current coal-based production model is incompatible with our climate targets and competitiveness endeavours = not at all future-proof.

The State of the European Steel Transition

Every euro of public funds should drive a fair transition for workers and communities, cut the reliance on fossil fuels and accelerate renewables-based and circular steel production.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 24

In case you missed it: join us tomorrow for the launch event of a report on the state of the steel transition, with a great panel! The difference with the late Steel and Metals Action Plan? This report brings the voice of civil society, often too less represented in industrial policy talks.

E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · Mar 24

🔔Join us tomorrow to discuss the green steel transition!

#EuropeanSteel is at a crossroads:

🔥 Stick with outdated, coal-based tech
💚 Upgrade to #GreenSteel & boost #recycling

Register👇

Debate : The state of the european steel transition

Join us on March 25 at 10:00 AM to discuss the state of the European steel transition

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 20

Hier, 28 ONGs publiaient un rapport sur l'état de la transition du secteur de la sidérurgie en Europe, quelques heures avant la publication du plan d'action métaux et acier de la Commission. Triste de ne pas lire une seule ligne sur ce rapport et sur les réactions de la société civile au plan.

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Mar 19

⛓️New report⛓️

Europe’s steel industry is at a crossroads:
1️⃣Stick on outdated, coal-based technology
OR
2️⃣Upgrade to green steel and step up on circularity

The choice should be easy.

Read our and 28 CSOs' new report on the state of the #EuropeanSteel transition⬇️

The State of the European Steel Transition: Civil society charts clear pathway to green steel ahead of EU steel and metals action plan

The EU steel industry’s transition policies should include phasing out fossil fuel-based steel, scaling up green hydrogen and renewable-powered production, strengthening circularity measures, and…

caneurope.org

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

❌no role for civil society in monitoring the transition
❌no soc. and env. conditionalities in public funding to ensure aid comes with returns for society
❌no reference to accountability and the role of firms in the the transition. No reference to plan transformation at both global and local level.

Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

🟠speed: 1.5° scenario requires urgent phase out of fossil assets (gas & coal). Nothing on the timeline or on EU climate goals
🟠 technologies: renewable-based steelmaking versus pink/blue hydrogen/CCUS
🟠consistency of new instruments (voluntary carbon label) with the current framework on ecodesign

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

🟢 A section on circularity recognising its potential for lowering dependencies and saving energy: the only approach to finite resources.
🟢Measures for high-quality recycling: prioritising product design and recycled content requirements in products.
🟢reuse of steel, going beyond just recycling.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

After the publication this morning of civil society's report on the transition of the steel sector, the Commission has released its Steel and Metals Action Plan (#SMAP). A short hot take:

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Mar 19

❌The EU’s Steel and Metals Action Plan lacks concrete actions & bold targets to phase out the fossil-based steel sector.

✊The #EuropeanSteel sector needs a clear fossil phase-out roadmap, accelerated energy and material efficiency measures & to ensure a just transition for workers ⬇️

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

Very proud to share the report, which was made possible by unprecedented collective civil society effort. We are determined to establish civil society as a legitimate voice in the transition, despite not being invited by the Commission for the dialogue on the future of the steel sector on March 5th.

Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

It is also bringing fairness into the picture:
🦺 anticipation of workers' reskilling needs for the technologies and techniques needed for the transformation,
💰 strict environmental and social conditions attached to public funding,
👀 transparency of State aid decisions and local transition plans.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

Future-proofing the sector means:
🌍 climate neutrality through the phase out of fossil-based assets (gas and coal), replaced by RES-powered alternatives,
🌿 less resource and energy consumption with more circularity to reconcile strategic autonomy and decarbonisation in a world with finite resources.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 19

Quite a day for steel, with the steel and metals action plan awaited today #SMAP. But you might have missed this info from your news outlets this morning: civil society also has something to say on the steel sector's transition to ensure that the journey brings public benefits along the way:

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Mar 19

⛓️New report⛓️

Europe’s steel industry is at a crossroads:
1️⃣Stick on outdated, coal-based technology
OR
2️⃣Upgrade to green steel and step up on circularity

The choice should be easy.

Read our and 28 CSOs' new report on the state of the #EuropeanSteel transition⬇️

The State of the European Steel Transition: Civil society charts clear pathway to green steel ahead of EU steel and metals action plan

The EU steel industry’s transition policies should include phasing out fossil fuel-based steel, scaling up green hydrogen and renewable-powered production, strengthening circularity measures, and…

caneurope.org

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 12

A transparent and fair transition for steel cannot do without a large participation from organisations representing public interests: social rights and environmental and climate protection. Read @caneurope.org Director's take on the recent "dialogue" for the future of the steel sector.

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Mar 12

Commission's "Strategic Steel Dialogue" seems more like a monologue, with no seat for civil society at the table.

Transition to the green steel needs fair debate, not backroom deals.

📝 @chiaramartinelli.bsky.social & @patricktenbrink.bsky.social write at @euobserver.com ⬇️

When is an EU 'dialogue' actually a monologue?

Just because it has ‘industry’ in its name doesn’t mean the new EU policy agenda should be dictated by industry executives.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Mar 4

Alleged presence of civil society, but none of the organisations working towards a socially just and climate-proof transition of the sector for public interest has been invited.
This worsens the corporate capture of industrial policy at EU level and jeopardises a fair and inclusive transition.

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Mar 4

⁉️Strategic Steel Dialogue kicks off today and civil society was supposedly invited.

🤬But guess if we are at the table? NO, WE ARE NOT!

⛔Corporate capture instead of ensuring public interest, climate action & social justice are at the heart of the steel transition. @ec.europa.eu

President von der Leyen will hold Strategic Dialogue on Steel on 4 March, and announces Steel and Metals Action Plan

As announced by President von der Leyen on 7 February, the European Commission will set up a Strategic Dialogue on Steel aimed at charting a decisive course for the future of the European steel indust

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Feb 26

Today was marked in everyone's calendar in the EU policy space. Read our own @caneurope.org reactions on the 3-course meal presented by the Commission.
A lot to unpack: despite good narrative elements on circularity, climate and decarbonisation, the only concrete milestone remains deregulation.

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Feb 26

🚨BIG DAY: Clean Industrial Deal, Action Plan for Affordable Energy & Omnibus package🚨

👍We welcome the commitments on the 2040 target, circularity and renewable energy expansion...

👎BUT beyond that, the package crumbles under scrutiny.

⬇️ Read more on our @caneurope.org reaction ⬇️

Clean Industrial Deal: Climate and decarbonisation ambitions not matched by concrete proposals - CAN Europe

Brussels, 26 February 2025 — Today, the European Commission unveiled its flagship policy package, including the Clean Industrial Deal, the Action Plan for Affordable Energy and the first part of the O...

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Feb 18

On this last point, I think it will be particularly important civil society looks out for corporate capture of the narrative of the transition, reminding that a specific deal for industry originates from energy-intensive industries' initiative. We will keep our eyes peeled ahead of February 26th.

Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Feb 18

🤐 Ensuring participation of social partners and civil society as legitimate voices in the industrial transformation governance.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Feb 18

💸 Having targeted investments additional to the already existing funds, and targeted for maximal efficiency, especially in grids, renewables.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Feb 18

👷 Placing people at the center: leading by example on social and environmental conditions for companies receiving public funding, anticipating the change to maintain and create quality jobs.

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Boris Jankowiak @borisjankowiak.bsky.social · Feb 18

📉 Reducing resource and energy use, including by phasing out fossil fuels, to lower costs and strengthen resilience of the economy.

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