The EU Council formally adopted the European Climate Law amendment, March 5, after the plenary adoption by the European Parliament last Month. It legalises the interim 2040 -90% climate target, leading to net climate neutrality in 2050. This includes linking permanent European carbon removals (CRCF) to compensate for residual hard-to-abate emissions under the EU ETS….
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‘Ex Lege Libertas’: de vrijwarende werking van het EU Emissiehandels-systeem
Mijn artikel in het Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Energierecht (NTE) van 2 december 2025 staat online. Door de uitbreiding van de reikwijdte van het ETS en de toenemende ambitie rijst de vraag of het ETS de verplicht deelnemende bedrijven vrijwaart van additionele, individuele CO2-reductieverplichtingen, opgelegd via art. 6:162 BW (onrechtmatige daad) en de maatschappelijke zorgvuldigheidsplicht. Het…
Smoother start of ETS-2 in 2028 with better price stability and predictability
To help achieve the EU’s 55% target for 2030 and 0 in 2050, the EU has determined that the EU Emissions Trading System for industry, energy, air and maritime shipping (ETS-1) will get a little brother as of 2028: ETS-2. This includes CO2 emissions from the combustion of fuels in traffic and for heating and…
Insetting: make climate impact in the own supply chain and help countries meet climate targets
A new climate strategy is gaining ground among companies to achieve their climate goals: insetting. This means reducing CO₂e emissions or increase carbon removals within a company’s own value chain (scope-3). This strategy can help identify additional potential reductions. And it can replace financing external reductions in carbon. projects to compensate residual emissions (offsetting). Though…
Linking Carbon Removals to the EU ETS – and a net negative emissions target after 2040
IPCC sees a need for CDR – nature-based AND direct air carbon capture and storage – of 7-9 Gt for the 1,5 Degrees target in 2050. The 2024 Emissions Gap Report writes that next NDCs “require a much faster progression through its formative phase to reach gigaton scale by mid-century“, mentioning 30-800 Mt of novel…
The Swedish Blueprint: CO2 Deals That Deliver on Climate Goals
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…
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…
Outcome of CoP28 and difference between Art 6.2. country-to-country CO2 deals & Art 6.4. credit trade
The Global Stocktake Text gives a complete package to keep the 1,5 Degrees target within sight. It introduces a goodbye to fossil fuels use and countries promise to triple renewables power capacity, double energy efficiency, and reduce methane emissions. And it also asks to accelerate work on Article 6, including the carbon market and carbon removals….