Following the agreement on a 90% emissions reduction by 2040, the EU climate architecture is being revised to create the conditions to achieve this target. For this to work, all sectors of the economy must contribute their fair share. Central to the current climate architecture and subject to imminent revision is the Land Use, Land …
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, this goal will be very hard to reach. Our new report, Zeroing in on net-zero, analyses the role of carbon dioxide sequestration and permanent removals in the climate plans of …
Carbon Market Watch, WWF EPO and Fern, along with other NGOs, submitted a request for internal review challenging the permanent removals delegated act, in light of the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation. The request for internal reviews allow NGOs and members of the public to request the European Commission to undertake an internal review of an administrative act if it is considered to …
Read more “Request for internal review – Certification methodologies for permanent removals”
Carbon removals and emissions reductions are not synonyms. So why are they treated as such? When the EU fails to separate removals from reductions in its climate targets, we veer off course to stop climate change. All-encompassing net targets stall real progress. Our new guide explains why separate targets matter and how they should be …
Read more “Beyond Net: A guide on separate permanent removal targets in the EU”
Everybody loves a good design. As the EU prepares national targets for 2040, we will see whether they are designed for real-world climate impact – or just for a clean look hiding messy emissions. In our fresh-off-the-press position paper, Carbon Market Watch sets out what the European Commission needs to keep in mind when designing …
Read more “Position paper: removals in the EU’s post-2030 climate architecture”
The newly released Greenhouse Gas Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) establishes a critical framework for companies to account for land-based emissions and carbon removals, addressing long-standing gaps in corporate climate disclosure. However, the standard’s potential to drive genuine decarbonisation and accurately account for emissions and removals is compromised by two structural ambiguities.
A groundbreaking study finds that many countries relying heavily on carbon removals are at high risk of placing their climate goals in jeopardy. This echoes findings from previous Carbon Market Watch research and is helping guide future investigations.
The European Commission’s unambitious proposed climate target for 2040 risks becoming riddled with loopholes and delaying urgent climate action. This in-depth analysis explains how and why.
The European Commission has defied science, prioritised polluters over people and shirked some of its global responsibility by weakening the EU’s 2040 climate target. This is bad news for climate action and for those hardest hit by rising temperatures.
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