Emissionshandel droht mit Kohlenstoffzertifikaten auf Sand zu bauen

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Citation: Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils 2023: Emissionshandel droht mit Kohlenstoffzertifikaten auf Sand zu bauen. Tagesspiegel: 30 May 2023. Online: https://background.tagesspiegel.de/energie-klima/emissionshandel-droht-mit-kohlenstoffzertifikaten-auf-sand-zu-bauen

The discussion on the certification of carbon removals seems technical, but it is one of the central debates in EU climate policy. It is primarily intended to pave the way for the integration of CO₂ removals into emissions trading. In doing so, the EU risks to build its most important climate policy instrument on sand, writes Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf of Ecologic Institute in the Tagesspiegel Background Energie & Klima. He makes suggestions how to mitigate this risk.

Emissions trading threatens to build with carbon certificates on sand

Language: German
Authorship: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Published in: Tagesspiegel Background
Published by: Verlag Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
Year: 2023
ISSN: 1865-2263
Keywords: Climate

EU

Governance

Europe

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