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Will the Carbon Removal Certification Framework count in the race to climate neutrality?

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The provisional agreement on the EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) has been hailed as the first of its kind, a milestone for scaling carbon removal and potentially a foundation of a gold standard for carbon removal certification globally.
Yet there are some doubts over its actual political utility, and questions remain over how it will be implemented, by whom, and for what purpose.

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EU and UN Kickstart Their Work on Carbon Removal for 2023

/ Carbon Removal, Article 6, Carbon Markets, Climate Policy, European Union

March 2023 laid the groundwork for developing carbon removal methodologies under the EU Carbon Removal Certification and the Paris Agreement. The European Commission’s Carbon Removals Expert Group had its inaugural meeting, and the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body convened for its first session of the year. Whilst both groups were largely in the planning mode with their carbon removal-related activities, there are a few noteworthy developments to highlight. This post shares

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2023 — the Year of Shaping EU’s 2040 Climate Target

/ Carbon Removal, Climate Policy, European Union, Net Zero

2023 is bound to have an outsized impact on the EU’s climate policy. The preparation done this year will lay the foundation for the new EU climate target, to be proposed in the spring of 2024. It will shape the policy landscape for the next 15 years. However, so far it’s flying largely under the radar and is not getting the attention it deserves. 2022 was the core year of

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