Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Clean Air Task Force, Inc. (CATF)
EU Transparency Register
316522140912-19 First registered on 21 Jan 2021
Goals / Remit
CATF is an international climate NGO that works to safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change by catalyzing the rapid global development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies through research and analysis, public advocacy leadership, and partnership with other NGOs, academics, and the private sector.
Main EU files targeted
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) follows all files related to the EU's climate and energy policy framework. CATF has mainly been focusing on cutting methane emissions, hydrogen, carbon management, industrial decarbonisation, and transport.
Among others, CATF has been working on the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF), the Methane Regulation, the Heavy Duty Vehicles Regulation, the geothermal energy own-initiative report, the Trans-European Networks for Transport (TEN-T), the Sustainable Carbon Cycles own-initiative report, and the Gas Package.Address
Head Office
114 State Street, 6th Floor
Boston MA 02109
UNITED STATESEU Office
Stationsplein 45 4th Floor
Rotterdam 3013 AK
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 50% 1 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Brandon LOCKE 16 Jun 2023 14 Jun 2024 Alessia VIRONE 21 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 Ms Alessia VIRONE 21 Sep 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Brandon Locke 16 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Codie ROSSI 15 Apr 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Alejandra MUNOZ 15 Apr 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Sonia STOYANOVA 19 Nov 2022 18 Nov 2023 Mr Eadbhard PERNOT 04 Nov 2022 04 Nov 2023 Ms Maja POZVEK 04 Nov 2022 04 Nov 2023 Ms Alessia VIRONE 22 Sep 2022 21 Sep 2023 Ms Lee BECK 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Ms Magnolia TOVAR 24 May 2022 24 May 2023 Mr Eadbhard PERNOT 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Mr Rowan EMSLIE 05 Oct 2021 05 Oct 2022 Ms Maja POZVEK 02 Oct 2021 01 Oct 2022 Ms Alessia VIRONE 29 Sep 2021 22 Sep 2022 Complementary Information
N.A.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
6,787,726€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Quadrature Climate Foundation 1,208,969€ Contribution Effective Ventures Foundation 1,246,870€ Other financial info
The amounts were in dollars, but were translated in euros for this form.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Innovation Fund Expert Group#E03593#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3593 #Member #C#Civil society#Expert Group on Carbon Removals#E03861#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3861 #Member #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
CATF focuses mainly on advocacy.
CATF has published reports and briefings. Among others, CATF published a report on National Energy and Climate Plan (https://www.catf.us/resource/bridging-planning-gap/), on potential measures on methane emissions from imports (https://www.catf.us/2023/09/designing-eu-methane-import-standard/), on public opinions on energy and climate technologies (https://www.catf.us/2023/11/polling-shows-that-europe-is-ready-for-clean-firm-energy-technologies/), and on a carbon management strategy (https://www.catf.us/2023/11/tracking-progress-europes-2023-carbon-capture-projects/)
CATF also had communication campaign on methane emissions reduction, mainly focusing on cutting emissions from imports (see here: https://cutmethane.eu/).
CATF co-hosted events with MEPs on the Carbon Removal Certification Framework and the Methane Regulation. CATF was also invited to speak in parliamentary events about the Net Zero Industry Act and at the CCUS Forum organised by the Commission.Other activities
N.A.
Meetings
Meetings
11 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 23 Feb 2024 Location online Subject Presentation of the CCS industry and the current challenges for its development in order to reach the EU climate targets Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet member)
- Héloïse Pillard (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with CCS Europe members on CCS strategy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Attending - Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Dec 2023 Location Dubai, UAE Subject Energy transition DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 09 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Industrial decarbonisation, carbon capture and storage, and methane emissions DG Climate Action Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 05 Oct 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy transition DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 18 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Africa, energy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Africa Energy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Carbon capture and storage as a tool for decarbonising industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2022 Location video-call Subject Exchange of views on CCUS Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject EU actions on methane and CCUS Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
- Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Industrial strategy; green transition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists