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Category: Carbon dioxide removals

Sunflowers

Trading in hot air: Why a market in temporary carbon removals is a bad idea

by Sabine FrankCarbon dioxide removals, Decarbonising European industry, Land use and forestryPosted on 03/10/202404/10/2024Comments are Disabled

Carbon farming and other forms of nature-based temporary carbon sequestration will not store CO2 long enough to tackle the climate crisis nor help farmers. We need better tools, argues Sabine Frank.

No place for carbon removals in emissions reduction policies

by Fabiola De SimoneCarbon dioxide removalsPosted on 03/10/202403/10/2024Comments are Disabled

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.

CO2 in the sky

UN Secretary General is right: Carbon removals are no “silver bullet”

by Fabiola De Simone2050 climate strategies, Carbon dioxide removals, National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs)Posted on 20/06/202421/06/2024Comments are Disabled

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. 

Work in progress: Collaborating for the safe governance of carbon removals in the EU

by Fabiola De Simone2050 climate strategies, Carbon dioxide removalsPosted on 05/06/202405/06/2024Comments are Disabled

The first phase of Carbon Market Watch’s carbon removals co-creation process, “CO2ol Down”, is almost over. Fabiola De Simone explains how this cool project aims to heat up EU action on the bloc’s 2040 target and upcoming legislative process  

(E)mission improbable: Five weird and unworkable carbon offsetting ideas

by Khaled DiabCarbon dioxide removals, Global markets, GreenwashingPosted on 04/06/202404/06/2024Comments are Disabled

What do camels, whales and breast-fed babies have in common? They’ve all been put forward as ways to offset emissions. We delve into some of the weirdest carbon crediting ideas and explain why they do not work for the climate.

Climate inaction by proxy

by Marlène Ramón Hernández2050 climate strategies, Carbon dioxide removals, Corporate climate responsibilityPosted on 23/05/202423/05/2024Comments are Disabled

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.

Oxy’s plans for “net-zero oil” and carbon removal offsets spell trouble for the climate – report

by Khaled DiabCarbon dioxide removals, Corporate climate responsibilityPosted on 02/05/202416/09/2024Comments are Disabled

The net-zero strategy of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) relies heavily on unproven carbon removal technologies to camouflage its fossil fuel emissions and those of its customers while expanding its oil and gas production, a new investigation reveals.

Workshop 3: The co-creation continues

by Gavin MairCarbon dioxide removalsPosted on 30/04/202402/05/2024Comments are Disabled

Participants at the third meeting of the CO2ol Down campaign took a giant leap towards finalising their proposed amendments to the EU Climate Law and policy recommendations for governing permanent carbon removals in the EU

Workshop 2: Discussing the key elements for EU permanent removals instruments

by Gavin MairCarbon dioxide removalsPosted on 23/04/202430/04/2024Comments are Disabled

Having set the terms of discussion at the first workshop, participants met in person to brainstorm how the EU should govern permanent removals in a safe and sustainable manner 

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