An industrial deal, but not a clean deal
The European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus package supports big polluters while the EU’s climate goals are missing in action
EU scientific body’s call for separate binding climate targets aligns with civil society
In its freshly published report on scaling up carbon dioxide removals in the EU, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), established by the EU Climate Law, makes setting separate climate targets its number one recommendation. This aligns with what Carbon Market Watch and other stakeholders have been advocating.
Divide targets to conquer the climate crisis
To facilitate a transatlantic exchange of views, Carbon Market Watch brought together experts from the USA, the UK, Germany and the EU to track progress towards implementing separate climate targets and carbon removals policies. Carbon Market Watch recently organised a webinar aimed at delving deeper into how key trailblazing countries, states and regions on both …
Why separate carbon removals from other climate targets?
This explainer answers key questions related to the topic of carbon removals, the principle of separate targets, and their implications for implementation.
CO2ol Down campaign knocks on EU policymakers’ door
The CO2ol Down coalition took its campaign to the heart of EU policymaking on Thursday to present its ready-to-go plans on the role of carbon removals in the EU climate framework towards 2040 and beyond.
CO2ol Down’s common EU vision for carbon removals: Legitimacy through co-creation
A novel co-creation initiative involving a broad spectrum of stakeholders led to the development of a joint blueprint for carbon removals policies in the European Union.
Why do we need a target for permanent carbon removals?
As re-confirmed by leading climate scientists in October, there is no alternative to near-term emission reductions to limit damage to our planet, ecosystems and people. However, there is a need to prepare for an environmentally sustainable removals capacity that can help reach climate equilibrium in the future.
The missing social justice dimension of residual emissions
The way residual or unavoidable emissions are currently defined and dealt with misses an important dimension: fairness.
Carbon negative handbook
The 2015 Paris Agreement established the global ambition to “achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the second half of this century”. This is more commonly referred to as “net zero GHG emissions”. To reach net zero targets, substantial gross emissions reductions of over 90% …
Stakeholder coalition draws up climate-friendly blueprint for EU carbon removal policy
Leading figures from academia, civil society and industry have collaborated to create two proposals to clarify key carbon removals principles that should be integrated into the EU Climate Law and relevant climate policies
