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Trilogue agreement: money for carbon removals only with positive environmental impact

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Published: February 20th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Moorland soils are compacted and mineralized by heavy machinery. This releases enormous amounts of carbon. The EU is now creating financial incentives to rewet peatlands.
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A political agreement was reached between negotiators from the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Belgian EU Council Presidency in the trilogue on the certification of carbon removals on Tuesday night. The Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) is intended to promote the ramp-up of technological and natural carbon sequestration by enabling transparent and verifiable carbon removal certificates to be offered and monetized on voluntary carbon markets.

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Climate policy Climate & Environment European policy Carbon Farming Carbon Removal Emissions trading