In December 2024, the EU launched its certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products, commonly known as the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) certification Framework.

As its name suggests, the CRCF aims to certify a variety of practices or processes, namely: permanent carbon removals, carbon farming, and carbon storage in products. Each practice involves specific activities for which tailored methodologies are currently being developed.

While the European Commission and its consultants are developing the methodologies, these are also being discussed within the EU Carbon Removals Expert Group (CREG) of which CMW is a member. Unfortunately, the CREG is largely dominated by industry lobbyists, which skews the balance during discussions and diminishes vital voices from independent experts, researchers, and civil society.

As an active member of the CREG and the CRCF process in general, CMW has sought to rectify this imbalance by hiring its own consultants to thoroughly review the methodologies and flag pertinent issues. The documents below set out the feedback received for the methodologies. By sharing this information, we hope to contribute to the debate and shed further light on the numerous issues affecting them.