Publications

he Clean Industrial Transition Monitor by the European Climate Neutrality Observatory (ECNO) assesses real-world progress using more than 50 indicators and provides a comprehensive and nuanced picture of both progress and remaining gaps. 

ECNO's analysis is structured around 13 building blocks of the transition, tracking six-year trends across nearly 146 indicators, as well as the expected impact of climate-related public policies.

It is hot in Europe. Very hot. And the summer has only just begun. The recent heat wave in large parts of Europe reminds us that the forthcoming European framework for climate resilience and risk assessment comes with high stakes: it is about the safety of populations and the competitiveness of the European economy. 

On the cusp of the Age of Electricity, Europe is on a mission to both strengthen industrial competitiveness and accelerate decarbonisation. The European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal serves as the blueprint to deliver this ambition.

With the entry into force of the European carbon farming certification framework (CRCF), the European Union now has a first-of-its-kind tool to certify climate-friendly agricultural and forestry practices.

An Improved Forest Management (IFM) methodology has been initiated under the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming regulation (CRCF), alongside a near-finalised afforestation methodology. As concerns grow over the declining capacity of Europe’s forests, determining which forest management practices should be incentivised through carbon certification is far from straightforward. 

Once again, soaring oil prices are squeezing households' purchasing power, undermining industrial competitiveness, and exposing the EU's structural dependence on imported fossil-fuel energy.

The energy crisis exposes the EU structural vulnerabilities: accelerating investment in clean energy and low-carbon technologies is key to securing economic prosperity, energy independence, and households’ purchasing power.

The Industrial Accelerator Act: a stepping stone or paradigm shift? A reading of the European Commission’s propos

Investments that allow households to free themselves from dependence on fossil fuels—electric vehicles, heat pumps, home insulation—are attracting growing interest, and the government recently unveiled its plan to accelerate the electrification of end-uses

Energy prices, cost of low-carbon equipment, and public aid: how will the evolution of these factors in 2026 impact the ability of middle-income households to invest in the transition?

Subsidising projects is no longer enough. Without secured demand and a coordinated targeted European framework, the French and European green industries risk skidding to a halt on the road to scale.

What industrial policy should we pursue to support domestic cleantech, to secure our energy and industrial sovereignty?

The European Competitiveness Fund is the EU's best shot at financing its green industrial policy – if it is designed and targeted correctly.

This report provides perspective by outlining the state of play of Europe’s climate-specific development finance since the adoption of the Paris Agreement.

The transition to a clean economy is not only a project of laws and targets : it needs to be built. France is leading the way in Europe, with France 2030 as the blueprint.

Faced with this reality, France and the European Union face a fundamental choice: adapt or fall behind. Building a decarbonised, “Made in Europe” industrial base is not one policy option among many

European leaders gathered last week for a European Summit, with the objective, among others, of finding solutions to rising energy prices in the wake of the Middle East conflict.

In December, the European Commission launched a public consultation to inform the next revision of the regulation, scheduled for the last quarter of 2026. The Commission is particularly seeking stakeholders’ views on the need to transform NECPs into real investment plans. 

As the Americans would say, 2026 feels like a case of ‘déjà vu’... petrol prices are skyrocketing, against the backdrop of war.