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Non-Energy Extractive Industry Panel (NEEIP)
REACH consortium "flue dust from cement clinker production"
Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency
ZVC SR - (Association of Slovak Cement Producers )
Hungarian Cement Concrete & Lime Association
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Heidelberg Materials Cement Sverige
Heidelberg Materials Sement Norge
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MPA – Minerals Products Association - Cement
VÖZ – Vereinigung der Österreichischen Zementindustrie / Association of the Austrian Cement Industry
BACI - Bulgarian Association of Cement Industry
Svaz výrobcu cementu CR / Czech Cement Association
VDZ– Verein Deutscher Zementwerke e.V.
PCA – Stowarzyszenie Producentów Cementu / The Polish Cement Association
ATIC – Associação Técnica da Indústria de Cimento / Technical Association of the Cement Industry
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Oficemen – Agrupación de Fabricantes de Cemento de España / Association of Spanish Cement Producers
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Decarbonising Europe’s hard-to-abate industries requires a coherent strategy for industrial carbon management. For the cement sector, where two thirds of emissions stem from unavoidable process reactions, Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) is essential and represents about 43% of its CO2 reduction pathway. This makes the timely deployment of CCUS not only a climate imperative, but also a strategic enabler of Europe’s industrial transition. Yet key gaps remain, as today’s EU framework does not provide the infrastructure, regulatory clarity or funding scale needed to enable deployment at pace.
Europe still lacks a coordinated CO2 transport and storage network, permitting remains slow, and storage capacity is uncertain. Clear and enforceable rules on fair access to pipelines and storage sites are also missing. In parallel, funding and de-risking tools fall short of what is required: the sector faces an ETS cost exposure of €97–162 billion between 2023 and 2034, while existing instruments, including the EU Competitiveness Fund and the Innovation Fund, do not match the scale of investment needed. Some installations are also exploring CO2 utilisation routes, which require greater regulatory clarity under the ETS and RED frameworks.
Addressing these challenges requires a coordinated approach across infrastructure planning, permitting, regulation and financing. Overcoming these gaps will be essential to unlock CCUS deployment at scale, enabling the cement sector to deliver on Europe’s climate ambitions while safeguarding industrial competitiveness.
This webinar will aim to:
Welcome & introduction by the moderator Cliona Cunningham, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, Cement Europe
Keynote address by MEP Jeannette Baljeu, Renew Europe, Member of IMCO, European Parliament (tbc)
Setting the scene for the panel Rob van der Meer, Industrial Policy Director, Cement Europe
Moderated panel discussion on CO2 transport and storage gaps, access rules and market design, funding, de-risking and regulatory certainty
Q&A
Wrap-up and closing remarks by the moderator
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