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Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Energy Transitions Commission (ETC)
EU Transparency Register
225968629523-78 First registered on 09 Jan 2018
Goals / Remit
The goal of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) is to accelerate change towards low-carbon energy systems that enable robust economic development and limit the rise in global temperature to well below 2°C. We bring together a coalition of diverse players from across the energy landscape (incumbents, disruptors, energy-intensive industries, investors, environmental NGOs, academics…), build a trusted fact-base, anchored into high-quality research as well as broad consultation with public and private stakeholders, on the “tough-to-crack” issues of the energy transition, and define feasible transition pathways to inform policy and investment choices across countries and sectors.
The Energy Transition Commission’s first flagship report Better Energy, Greater Prosperity, released in April 2017 and available on our website, highlights four pathways towards low-carbon energy systems which are the core focus of the ETC’s activities and messages.
1. Clean electrification - By 2040, half of emissions reductions compared to a business as usual scenario could come from the combination of the decarbonization of power generation and the electrification of a wider set of activities in the transport and buildings sectors.
2. Decarbonization of “hard-to-electrify” sectors – In addition, we will need to cut carbon emissions from activities that cannot be electrified cost-effectively in transport, industry and buildings. This will become increasingly important as the potential for additional clean electrification is exhausted.
3. A revolution in the pace of energy productivity improvement - Energy productivity improvement could deliver a third of required emissions reductions by 2040, but this would demand greatly accelerated energy efficiency progress across the buildings, transport and industry sectors, as well as structural changes in the economy to deliver more economic growth with less energy-intensive goods and services.
4. Optimization of remaining fossil fuels use - These transitions would result in a 30% decrease in fossil fuels use by 2040, but fossil fuels would still represent up to 50% of final energy demand. Meeting climate objectives therefore also requires a ramp-up in all forms of carbon capture and sequestration (conversion into products, underground storage, natural carbon sinks). In this context, fossil fuels use should be concentrated in highest value applications, which implies a rapid decrease in unabated coal consumption, a peak of oil in the 2020s and a continued role for gas provided methane leakages are reduced significantly.
The Energy Transition Commission’s second flagship report Mission Possible outlines the possible routes to fully decarbonize cement, steel, plastics, trucking, shipping and aviation – which together represent 30% of energy emissions today and could increase to 60% by mid-century as other sectors lower their emissions.
The “Mission Possible” report was developed with contributions from over 200 industry experts over a 6-month consultation process. Its findings show that full decarbonization is technically feasible with technologies that already exist, although several still need to reach commercial readiness. The total cost to the global economy would be less than 0.5% of GDP by mid-century, and could be reduced even further by improving energy efficiency, by making better use of carbon-intensive materials (through greater materials efficiency and recycling) and by limiting demand growth for carbon-intensive transport (through greater logistics efficiency and modal shift).
For more information, visit: http://www.energy-transitions.org/Main EU files targeted
The Energy Transitions Commission is interested in following and helping enable progress on 1. Strengthen the European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and complete it with additional pricing mechanisms to increase financial incentives to decarbonisation 2.Tighten and broaden carbon intensity mandates, setting in advance increasingly demanding targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050 3.Develop the required infrastructure through policy mandates and public-private partnerships 4.Focus R&D investments against specific objectives with clear technology targets 5.Ensure full and swift implementation and follow-up of EU targets by Member States
Address
Head Office
69 Carter Lane
London EC4V 5EQ
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 2 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The Energy Transitions Commission is also likely to work in partnership with its Commissioners’ organisations, which are represented in Brussels and are registered separately on the EU Transparency Register. These joint operations would be organised on an ad-hoc basis, for a specific meeting or event. An up-to-date list of ETC Commissioners can be found on our website: http://www.energy-transitions.org/who-we-are
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Faustine Delasalle (Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Jeremy Oppenheim (Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
none
Member organisations
ETC Commissioners are affiliated with sponsoring and non-sponsoring organizations. Regardless of funding, every Commissioner has an equal voice and participation in the Energy Transitions Commission. An up-to-date list of ETC Commissioners – and of the supporting organizations with which they are affiliated – can be found on our website: http://www.energy-transitions.org/who-we-are
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
The secretariat of the Energy Transitions Commission is run by SYSTEMIQ Ltd. It is funded by financial contributions from its sponsoring organizations.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
The Energy Transitions Commission regularly publishes new global insights, which are publicly available on its website.
At EU level, the Energy Transitions Commission is looking to hold a number of communications activities and events including:
- Organising bilateral meetings with EU policy-makers including EU commissioners, commissioner staff, Members of European Parliament, and lobbyists to discuss the European energy strategy and targets;
- Facilitating events to discuss and publicise strategies for the energy transition with EU commissioners, Members of European Parliament and industry leaders;
- Co-ordinating press outreach and coverage surrounding the energy transition with EU focused media outlets such as EURACTIV and Politico.
As a general principle, the ETC would not be lobbying on specific articles of EU initiatives, policies and legislatives files, but rather looking to inform public debate and advocate on behalf of the required targets and strategy focus needed to accelerate a low-carbon European energy transition. We aim to enable discussions on appropriate policy tools. Our key activities will consist of; • Convince the leadership of key international influencers (UNFCCC, IEA, WEF, NDC Partnership, NCE…) of our narrative and collaborate with them to amplify communications
• Proactively seize speaking opportunities at key international events (e.g. COP, WEF, UN General Assembly…) as well as top-tier sectoral events in the energy, industry, transport and finance sectors
• Organize 2-3 closed-door, high-level roundtables at key international events to exchange directly with top-tier decisionmakers and influencers across energy, industry, transport, finance and policy
• Respond to requests for exchanges with top-tier decisionmakers and influencers
• Do a roadshow of bilateral meetings with key innovation funders (e.g. Mission Innovation, Climate KIC, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, etc.)
• Do a roadshow of bilateral meetings with influential environmental NGOs (e.g. Greenpeace, WWF, Carbon Tracker, EDF, etc.)
• Orchestrate continued media and social media outreach, using events as hooks and being responsive to the news cycleOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 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 20 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Taxonomy DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 13 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject Long-term decarbonisation strategy and COP 24 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 24 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the ETC upcoming report Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Clean energy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Ivo Schmidt (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Sep 2018 Location BRUSSELS Subject Clean energy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Ivo Schmidt (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject low carbon energy system DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)