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NGO Letter on the functioning of the Expert Group on Carbon Removal and its meetings

Publish date: June 9, 2023

Bellona, Carbon Market Watch, ECOS, EEB, and Fern in an open letter raised a number of key concerns that the European Commission must take on board to ensure the transparent, representative and effective future functioning of the Carbon Removals Expert Group and its meetings.

In light of the upcoming Carbon Removals Expert Group meeting convened by the European Commission on the 21st and 22nd of June, Bellona, Carbon Market Watch, ECOS, EEB, and Fern would like to raise a number of key concerns that the European Commission must take on board to ensure the transparent, representative and effective future functioning of this Expert Group and its meetings.

Download the letter: NGO Letter on the functioning of the Expert Group on Carbon Removal and its meetings June 2023

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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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Europe’s only multi-source, injection-ready CO₂ storage site will more than triple its capacity by 2028. The decision follows an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to transport and store up to 800 – 900 kilotonnes of CO₂ per year. “This decision is years in the making, and the culmination of decades of hard work from many, Bellona included” says Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth.

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