
Joint letter – Time to strengthen EU-UK cooperation by linking the EU and UK ETS
In the run up to the EU-UK Summit on May 19th, Bellona and a broad coalition of EU and UK stakeholders are calling on the European Commission and the...
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Publish date: November 4, 2022
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Bellona co-signed an NGO letter to the European Commission on the Carbon Removals Certification Framework (CRCF), together with Carbon Market Watch, ECOS, EEB, IATP, FERN and WWF.
This CRCF can have merits and address a gap in the EU climate policy framework, but risks seriously undermining its own declared purpose of climate ambition. The following priorities need to be taken into account in the proposal for it to fulfill its potential,
and for the EU to take a leadership position in rolling out real and sustainable carbon removals.
Read the full letter here.
In the run up to the EU-UK Summit on May 19th, Bellona and a broad coalition of EU and UK stakeholders are calling on the European Commission and the...
The Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) has been formally approved by the Council on the 19th of November 2024 and entered into force on the 9th of December 2024, providing an official mandate for the Commission to develop methodologies on carbon farming and carbon removals. However, the technical documents and specifications are still being drafted and revised for input from the Carbon Removals Expert Group (CREG), of which Bellona is a member.
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