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,
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.
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.
The bare necessities: Essential principles to design sensible carbon removal policies
This paper reviews a variety of regulatory approaches to carbon dioxide removals (including emissions trading systems, tax incentives and public direct subsidies) and voluntary approaches, and, building upon failures, promising concepts and lessons learned from the reviewed frameworks, sketches a blueprint for sensible CDR policy design.
IEA warns against betting on carbon removals to reach net zero
The International Energy Agency (IEA) confirms that delayed emissions cuts will leave us overly dependent on the panacea of carbon removals, which will deepen the climate crisis and make it costlier to humanity.
How current carbon removals policy frameworks fail to benefit the climate
A recent report by Carbon Market Watch of 20 global, EU, national and sub-national climate policy frameworks shows that not one governs carbon removals in an environmentally sound way.
Mortgaging the atmosphere: Why temporary carbon storage is risky and cannot replace emission reductions
A companion to ‘A framework for assessing the climate value of temporary carbon storage’, this document provides a summary for policymakers based on the scientifically grounded evidence from climate economist Danny Cullenward’s research.
Carbon capture and utilisation is unfit for 55
Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), which is almost always only a temporary store of greenhouse gases, should not absolve corporations of their obligations to pay for their pollution, writes Wijnand Stoefs.
