Removing CO2 – Are member states actually ready?

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Removing CO2 – Are member states actually ready?

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Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils 2022: Removing CO2 – are member states actually ready? Opinion. Online: https://euobserver.com/opinion/156042, 21 September 2022.

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The Commission's proposal on the certification of Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) could be a milestone of EU climate policy making. It can put the EU on the right track – with a watertight CDR definition, and a firewall between removals and reductions; or the wrong track – dubious low-impact carbon removal schemes that pretend to offset what cannot be offset. As the integrity of EU climate policy is at stake, the EU cannot afford to take the wrong turn, writes Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf in the EU Observer.

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Ecologic report cover "Carbon Dioxide Removals in EU Member States. National frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Removals: State of play and how to improve it"

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CO2 removal is becoming a central part of climate action, but relevant policy frameworks of EU Member States are patchy. Basics of good regulation are often missing: goals and strategy. Member States also lack the necessary political debate on CO2 removal (CDR). This... Read more

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils, Deyana Spasova (2022): Carbon Dioxide Removals in EU Member States. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.