At the recent Climate Summit in Baku, November 2024, world leaders took a bold step toward tackling the climate crisis. The summit gave the official green light for the use of carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, a mechanism designed to help nations meet their climate commitments while mobilizing much-needed climate finance…
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While EU prepares Carbon Removal Credits, Green Claim rules threat to block Companies from investing in them
EU Carbon Removal CertificationEnd of October, the EU Council and the EU Parliament adopted their positions on the European Carbon Removal Certificates Framework (CRCF). Trilogue negotiations will now begin. In my view the carbon removals should eventually be accepted under the EU Emissions Trading System and help the meet the negative emission target after 2040…

European emissions system determines meeting agreed CO2 targets, fossil subsidies secondary
Abstract Many pleas for abolishing fossil subsidies fail to recognize the existence of the European Emissions Trading System: that system ensures that we meet agreed CO2 targets even before 2040. Fossil fuel subsidies do nothing to change that, while abolishing them could even lead to more overall greenhouse emissions and harm the competitive position of…