Scientific support for the design of an EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework

Final Report

Scientific support for the design of a certification framework for Carbon Dioxide Removals in the EU

This report summarizes the results of the research project “Scientific support for the design of an EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework” that provided support to national policy makers during the CRCF negotiation process.

The EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework: Options for using certified removal units and funding mitigation activities

With the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF), adopted in 2024, the EU established a voluntary framework for carbon removal certification, which includes criteria for the certification of removals, rules for the certification process and the recognition of certification schemes. This report

Requirements for a transparent monitoring system

How to measure and quantify biogenic carbon removals

Robust quantification of carbon dioxide removals (CDR) lies at the heart of any certification mechanism and is central for their functionality and environmental integrity. For the establishment of a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) that was recently adopted, the EU Commission is current

A review of recent European Commission impact assessments

Assumptions on potentials for Carbon Dioxide Removals in the EU

This report analyses and critically reviews assumptions on natural carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and storage potentials with a view to the objectives of the EU Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (⁠LULUCF⁠) and Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) legislation agreed until February 202

Fact Sheet

Sustainability criteria for carbon dioxide removals

In November 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). The principles laid out in the CRCF proposal of the European Commission and the proposed amendments by Council and European Parliament set minimum sustainability cri

How to best differentiate methods and technologies for establishing and enhancing carbon sinks?

Short Typology of Carbon Dioxide Removals

This fact sheet presents a suggested typology of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) that serves as a basis for introducing and defining key terminology around CDR, differentiating general methods of CDR regarding their effectiveness to remove CO2, and characterising concrete CDR technologies for asse

Is the proposed delegation of power in line with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU?

Commission Proposal for an EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework

In November 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). The proposal includes various provisions that would empower the Commission to adopt delegated acts. Delegated acts are intended to specify a number of provisions of

Evaluation of the Commission Proposal

Certification of Carbon Dioxide Removals

On 30 November 2022, the Commission proposed an EU carbon removal certification framework (CRCF). The proposed framework could undermine the environmental integrity of EU climate policies. This risk is aggravated by the fact that the EU has not agreed on the role of removals for the time past the ye