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Carbon Removal Certification - Related links
European Commission
- European Commission, Proposal for a Regulation on an EU certification for carbon removals, 30/11/22
- European Commission, Questions and Answers on EU Certification of Carbon Removals, 30/11/2022
- European Commission, Factsheet - Certification of carbon removals, 30/11/2022
- European Commission, Impact assessment on the Regulation establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals, 30/11/2022
- European Commission, Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles, COM(2021)800
- European Commission, Staff working Document – Sustainable Carbon cycles- Carbon Farming SWD(2021) 450 final
- European Commission strategy : Forest strategy (europa.eu) (16/07/2021)
- European Commission communication "A long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas | European Commission (europa.eu)" (30/06/2021)
- European Commission, A New Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner and More Competitive Europe, COM(2020)98
- European Commission study "Carbon capture, utilization and storage." (2021)
- European Commission study "Operationalising an EU carbon farming initiative" (19/02/2021)
- European Commission report, "Report on the implementation of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide"(31/10/2019)
European Parliament
- European Parliament briefing, "Carbon dioxide removal: Nature based and technological solutions." (23/02/2021)
- European Parliament, EPRS, Sustainable carbon cycles: Promoting removal, storage and recycling, October 2022
Council
- Council , Council Conclusions on Carbon Farming, 7 April 2022
European Committee of the Regions
- CoR, Reaction to the Commission's proposal, 30/11/2022
- CoR, Regional adaptation strategies for low carbon agriculture (draft opinion), Own-Initative Opinion on EC's communication on carbon cycles to be adopted in Feb 2023
Other
- Capturing Carbon (irena.org) (10/2021)
- Ecologic EU, project "Support on Devising a Carbon Removal Certification Mechanism" for DG CLIMA, including 2 reports:
- Certification of Carbon Removals. Part 1: Synoptic review of carbon removal solutions, 2021
- Certification of Carbon Removals. Part 2: A review of carbon removal certification mechanisms and methodologies. 2021
- Carbon gap, A guide to certifying carbon removals, October 2022
- Copa-Cogeca’s Position on the “Fit for 55” Package: Fit for European Agriculture, Forestry and Ensuring Food Security, 25/2/2022
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Carbon farming: How big corporations are driving the EU’s carbon removals agenda, 28 November 2022
- EEB, Open Letter to Commission on Carbon Removal Certification Framework, 4 November 2022
- EEB, Certification of Carbon Removals: EEB Policy Recommendations, 27 September 2022
- Carbon Market Watch, EU’s Carbon Removals Certification Framework is certifiably problematic, 4 November 2022
- Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) Recommendations for the European Carbon Certification Framework. July 2022
- Corporate Europe Observatory, The deadly climate gamble, May 2022
- Clean Energy Conversion Laboratory, Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) vs Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) (upenn.edu)
Reaction to Commission's proposal:
- Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE), Certification Carbone : la Commission propose un cadre exigeant qui devra être incitatif, December 2022
- Carbon Gap, Reaction to the European Commission carbon removal certification framework proposal, 30 November 2022
- EUBusiness, EU Certification of Carbon Removals – guide, 30 November 2022
- Copa Cogeca, Statement - On the European Commission proposal regarding the establishment of the certification of carbon removals, 30 November 2022
- FoodDrinkEurope, Food and drink industry’s central role in carbon removal certification, 1 December 2022
- EEB, Certifiably Problematic: Commission’s plan for Carbon Removals, 30 November 2022
- CAN Europe, The Commission's proposal to create a certification framework for carbon removals risks creating big loopholes in EU Climate Action, 30 November 2022
Recording of events related to carbon removal certification
- Carbon gap, Stakeholder Conference on 9/11: Making the case for European leadership in carbon removal, 9 November 2022
- Euractiv online event on " Existing certification schemes to inspire EU plan for carbon removals" info and recording, May 2022
- Commission, Sustainable Carbon Cycle conférence, Jan 2022
- EESC online public hearing "Restoring sustainable carbon cycle" (21 February 2022)