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

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.