This document contains Carbon Market Watch’s feedback to the European Commission’s proposal to amend the European Climate Law. It analyses the challenges and shortcomings of the proposal and makes a series of recommendations to remedy them.
Carbon Market Watch submitted input on the ‘Draft Standard: Addressing non-permanence/reversals‘. This draft standard has been written by the Methodological Expert Panel (MEP) of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism, and was up for public consultation from 15 July to 4 August 2025. This draft standard aims to address the more detailed requirements for any Article …
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While we appreciate the detailed work of the Methodological Expert Panel on the important process of baseline setting, we do not see all elements of the Article 6.4 Rules, Modalities and Procedures (RMPs) reflected in the proposed Standard.
Specifically, we see the need for further alignment of the baseline provisions with encouraging ambition over time and alignment with nationally determined contributions, long-term low-emission development strategies and particularly the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.
Analysis of the available documents has found that PoA 10415, over the monitoring periods 5, 6 and 7, is likely set to issue 26 more credits than it should have according to available literature.
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