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CO2ol Down Phase 2: Second workshop delves into financing long-term delivery of carbon removals
Building on the May workshop, which resulted in a blueprint for a viable EU Development and Delivery Framework for removals and charted the path for the short term, the process of the second workshop aimed to extend this proposal into an encompassing framework planning from today towards net-zero and net-negativity thereafter.
Carbon Certification Removal Framework (CRCF) methodologies among lowest quality – analysis
The EU’s latest Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) methodologies continue to set a much lower standard than the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism and best practice in the voluntary carbon market, reveals a new analysis commissioned by Carbon Market Watch and carried out by Öko-Institut.
EU scientific body’s call for separate binding climate targets aligns with civil society
In its freshly published report on scaling up carbon dioxide removals in the EU, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), established by the EU Climate Law, makes setting separate climate targets its number one recommendation. This aligns with what Carbon Market Watch and other stakeholders have been advocating.
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
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.
CO2ol Down campaign knocks on EU policymakers’ door
The CO2ol Down coalition took its campaign to the heart of EU policymaking on Thursday to present its ready-to-go plans on the role of carbon removals in the EU climate framework towards 2040 and beyond.
Companies’ role in scaling up durable carbon removals: An assessment of the status quo and recommendations to voluntary initiatives
This special edition of our flagship Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor (CCRM) analyses the carbon removal strategies of 35 major companies across seven sectors. This joint
Faulty to the core: Analysing the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming methodologies for permanent removals
The Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (CRCF) framework is being implemented through a range of methodologies, each representing different methods that are deemed to have
CRCF Draft on Permanent Carbon Removals Lacks Scientific and Environmental Integrity
On behalf of an NGO Carbon Removals Expert Group, CMW’s Wijnand Stoefs took to the floor at an European Commission meeting to explain why proposed draft methodologies for the EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming regulation are lacking scientific and environmental integrity.
Proposals disappointingly push political interests to the front, while scientific and environmental concerns take a back seat.
