CRCF: The EU’s carbon removal certification failure
The EU’s lacklustre attempt to forge a certification system for carbon removals is so riddled with holes that the process needs to be rebooted to avoid doing more harm than good.
EU’s underwhelming 2040 climate target shifts responsibility to future generations
EU’s underwhelming 2040 climate target shifts responsibility to future generations
EU’s 2040 climate target: The case for separate carbon removals and emissions reductions
With the European Commission set to release its proposed 2040 climate target for the EU on 6 February 2024, it is imperative that policymakers get the design right by separating carbon removals from emissions reductions,
Using collaborative policymaking to build a common (and sustainable) EU vision of carbon removals
Carbon Market Watch has launched a new project aimed at collectively designing the way the EU should regulate removals.
CO2ol Down Workshops
Registration Deadline: 31 January 2024 Carbon Market Watch is calling on scientists, civil society organisations and climate ambitious industries to join forces to co-design policy proposals that maximise the benefits of removals while keeping the EU’s ambition to slash emissions safe. Participants will discuss and co-create concrete policies on how to best incentivise carbon removals …
Over 100 organisations and scientists demand separation of EU’s 2040 climate targets
the European Commission has received an open letter signed by 96 academics, businesses, civil society organisations and research institutions urging the EU to separate emissions reductions, land-based sequestration and permanent carbon removals in the EU’s post-2030 climate framework.
Open letter on separate targets in 2040 climate framework
Letter sent to the European Commission by 121 academics, businesses, civil society organisations and research institutions urging the EU to separate emissions reductions, land-based sequestration and permanent carbon removals in the EU’s post-2030 climate framework. This separation should be at the heart of both the setting and the implementation of the 2040 target and associated …
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A logo and a name
Carbon Market Watch colleagues met on 11 December to brainstorm a name and a logo to accentuate our Milkywire Climate Transformation Fund supported carbon dioxide removals (CDR) campaign.
Les besoins fondamentaux : Principes de base pour concevoir des politiques d’élimination du carbone raisonnables
Le présent rapport examine un éventail d’approches, qu’elles soient réglementaires — incluant des systèmes d’échange de quotas d’émission, des incitations fiscales et des subventions publiques directes — ou volontaires. En s’appuyant sur leurs limites, ainsi que sur des concepts prometteurs et des leçons tirées des cadres étudiés, il esquisse les grandes lignes d’une politique de CDR raisonnable.
