Regarding the two documents, “Draft recommendations (Annex 5 to the SB002 annotated agenda)” and the in-meeting working document on “Recommendations for activities involving removals under the Article 6.4 mechanism” (SB002 in-meeting working document), Carbon Market Watch would like to submit the below input. We would also like to recall our input – prior to the 2nd SB meeting – on removals, methodological requirements, and appeals/grievances, which is available here (please note this earlier submission was made before any SB documents on removals had yet been uploaded).

Zeroing in on net-zero: The role of carbon dioxide removals and carbon sequestration in EU member states’ climate planning.
The EU has a long way to go towards its 2050 net-zero goal, but without getting real about what negative emissions can and cannot do,

