The EU wants to legitimize carbon removal schemes
by Justine Calma from The Verge - All Posts on (#66D48)
The weekly meeting of the EU Commission on November 30th, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. | Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images The European Union has taken a major step toward legitimizing attempts to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. Yesterday, the European Commission adopted a proposal for new rules on how to certify carbon removal, a still controversial strategy for limiting climate change.
The worry is that, without the proposed rules, ineffective carbon removal projects might derail climate goals and give polluters a sham to hide behind while presenting themselves as green. So, to weed out such projects, the European Commission wants to establish a framework for certifying high-quality" carbon removals.
Higher transparency will ensure trust from stakeholders and industry, and prevent greenwashing," the Commission said in its announcement.
The EU is...