Session as part of the EUI Climate Week 2026
Since the launch of the 'Clean Industrial Deal' in February 2025, the EU has entered a new phase of industrial policymaking. A wave of strategic initiatives — from sectoral dialogues and strategic action plans to more operational measures such as the Clean Industry State Aid Framework (CISAF) and the Industrial Accelerator Act — is reshaping the landscape for Europe’s industrial transition. Yet turning this emerging architecture into real-world outcomes requires focus and prioritisation.
This session as part of EUI Climate Week aims to address the question of how Europe can ensure a successful clean industrial transformation by using public funding — such as the upcoming Industrial Decarbonisation Bank — to mobilise large scale private investment and create lead markets that accelerate deployment and provide demand certainty.
Chair: Simone Tagliapietra, European University Institute and Bruegel
Panelists:
· Elisabetta Cornago, Center for European Reform
· William Todts, Transport & Environment
· André Körner, ArcelorMittal
Conclusion: Ben McWilliams, Bruegel
More information and the full programme of the EUI Climate Week 2026 can be found here.