Biodiversity and the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Framework
This briefing delves deeper into how biodiversity is being handled in the carbon farming methodologies, with a particular focus on agriculture.
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 …
Foire aux questions: Pourquoi séparer l’élimination du carbone des autres objectifs climatiques ?
Ce guide apporte des réponses aux questions clés concernant l’élimination du carbone, le principe d’objectifs distincts et leurs implications pour la mise en œuvre.
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.
FAQ: 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.
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.
No place for carbon removals in emissions reduction policies
Reducing emissions must remain the priority for policymakers, and should not be conflated with safeguarding natural carbon sinks or the sustainable usage of permanent removals. Carbon removals policy expert Fabiola De Simone explains.
UN Secretary General is right: Carbon removals are no “silver bullet”
CMW applauds United Nations’ Secretary General António Guterres’s calls for the safe and sustainable use of carbon removals while warning that these technologies were not a “silver bullet” and cannot substitute deep emissions cuts.
Climate inaction by proxy
Our investigation into Occidental Petroleum’s heavy investment, including taxpayers’ money, in untested direct air capture reveals the huge dangers involved in misusing carbon removals as a substitute for genuine climate action.
