The TRATOLOW conference provides a unique platform for the exchange of best practices, the discussion of financial strategies, and the planning of measures to increase energy efficiency and independence through renewable energies. Important items on the agenda were the implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which are key instruments of EU policy to reduce carbon emissions.
Verena Ehold, Managing Director of the German Environment Agency, explained the importance of the meeting: “We are at a critical point in the fight against climate change. The conference in Vienna…