Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) in EU Member States Policies and Laws

Project
Duration: Mar - Sep 2022

In this project, the Ecologic Institute analyzes the political and legal frameworks of all 27 EU Member States relevant for the removal of CO₂.

Carbon Dioxide Removals in EU Member States

Webinar

6 October 2022
online

Publication:Article

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.

Removing CO2 – Are member states actually ready?

Opinion

Year 2022

Publication:Report

It is unlikely that the deployment of CO2 removal (CDR) at the required scales will happen as a side effect of other policies. Large-scale CDR deployment will not happen by accident, but needs time, incentives, and clear rules. Without strategic orientation, it is also hard to balance the multiple implications of each CDR option for societies, economies and ecosystems. Member States' CDR strategies could be a first step to trigger the necessary public debate and to help create an adequate framework for CO2 removal.

Carbon Dioxide Removals in EU Member States

National frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Removals: State of play and how to improve it

Year 2022

Funding: European Climate Foundation (ECF), International
Partner: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Team: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

Deyana Kocher

Hugh McDonald
Duration: Mar - Sep 2022
Project ID: 50084
Keywords: Climate

Environmental Law – Ecologic Legal

Further Links

PublicationDocumentCarbon Dioxide Removal Strategy for the EU

The EU's debate on carbon dioxide removals (CDRs) is gaining momentum, but in important parts it is still a mystery. Basics of an EU framework for CDR remain unclear. An EU CDR Strategy could demystify CDRs and help trigger the necessary political debate on CDRs. A... Read more

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils, 2021: Carbon Dioxide Removal Strategy for the EU. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.