Overview

Mark your calendars with the upcoming climate adaptation events:

May’s RE-CONNECT modelling workshop series focuses on the role of national policies and commitments, notably Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Long-Term Strategies (LTS) to bridge implementation and ambition gaps. The two interactive workshops will focus on deepening the understanding of modelling techniques – selecting and implementing national and international climate policies and targets to accelerate transition to climate neutrality.

The Commission would like to hear your views on this initiative to reflect the 'Fit for 55' outcomes in EU climate reporting templates and align them with the revised ETS Directive, Effort sharing Regulation (ESR) and Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation.

The Commission would like to hear your views on this initiative to update the rules for accreditation of verifiers used in verifying reports within the context of the revised Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive.

Womack, C. et al (2026). Assessing spatially explicit sensitivities to scenario uncertainty through climate emulation. ESS Open ArchiveThis study presents a climate impact assessment framework that couples the MIT Emissions Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model with the MIT Earth Sampler, a generative diffusion-based climate emulator.

Méjean, A., Leblanc, F., Lefèvre, J., Fragkiadakis, D., Fragkos, P., Garaffa, R., Lynch, C., & Vandyck, T. (2026). The Equity and Efficiency of Carbon Taxation: A Multi-Model, Multi-Country Analysis. Climate Change Economics, 17(3), Article 2640010. DOI: 10.1142/S2010007826400105.

Rocchi, P., Bosetti, V., Boitier, B., Campagnolo, L., Campolmi, A., Chepeliev, M., Forlati, C., Fragkos, P., Hermwille, L., & Nikas, A. (2026). Trade, Protectionism, and Climate: Assessing Analytical Capacity in a Changing Policy Landscape. iScience, 29, 117132. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117132.

This study brings together integrated assessment models and energy system models under a common framework to develop EU policy scenarios: a Current Trends scenario reflecting existing policies and trends and a Climate Neutrality scenario aligned with the EU's emission reduction target.

The authors use an ensemble of global integrated assessment models to assess CO2 emissions reduction potentials in buildings and transport, accounting for system interactions. They focus on three intervention strategies with distinct emphases: reducing or changing activity, improving technological efficiency and electrifying energy end use.

Join RE-CONNECT for the next sector-specific workshop exploring industrial sector pathways to advance industry sector representation in greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and the application of modelling tools. The workshop will offer both theoretical insights and practical applications of industry sector analysis.This workshop will be delivered twice to accommodate different time zones. The two options are:

Tuesday 10 February / Wednesday 11 February

Date: Wednesday 17 December 2025 Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (AEDT) Location: CCRC seminar room & online (Hybrid)