Negative Emissions Platform

The Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act (IDAA) offers a vital opportunity for the EU to scale up permanent carbon dioxide removal (CDR) a critical tool for energy-intensive industries to reach net-zero and, ultimately, net-negative emissions. To support this goal, we call on the European Commission to take forward following policy actions under the IDAA: 1.

We welcome the Commission’s initiative to streamline the objectives of RED II with recent initiatives to increase the 2030 target, promote hydrogen and sector integration. This review should encompass: 1) An increase of the RED II targets and sub-targets. The nominal sub-target of 14% for renewable energies in the transport sector should be increased to at least 23% in 2030.

Feedback on the EU Commission's’ Proposal for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework, March 2023 The Negative Emissions Platform welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Carbon Removal Certification - Framework (CRC-F) to develop high-quality carbon removals in Europe and enable climate neutrality. The proposal makes for a much-needed certification framework.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

The case for permanent carbon removal has been made: - In the Communication on "A Clean Planet for all", the EU Commission outlined the importance of negative emissions within the EU as they shall contribute to the achievement of climate neutrality targets and prepare for a net-negative GHG emission balance thereafter.

The Negative Emissions Platform welcomes the European Commissions public consultation and forthcoming impact assessment on the integration of permanent CDR into the EUs climate policy architecture. Key messages: 1. The case for integrating CDR into a compliance market: By 2050, we will need to be removing globally up to 10 gigatonnes a year of CO2 from the atmosphere if we want to be under the 1.5C pathway.

CBAM should recognise permanent carbon removals The EUs Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) incentivises climate action beyond the EUs borders, but it currently does not cover carbon removals. The CBAM Regulation must recognise carbon removals to: Help incentivise other countries to scale up their carbon removal efforts which are critical to reach EU climate goals; Ensure a level playing field between carbon…

Please find attached the position and text amendments from Negative Emissions Platform (NEP). NEP is a Brussels-based partnership of European and international organisations focused on carbon removals. Our members are primarily technology companies, but also include project developers, investors, carbon marketplaces, and buyers of carbon removals.

The Negative Emissions Platform (NEP) stresses that achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and moving toward net-negative emissions will require both Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and permanent Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) at industrial scale.

We would like to share our feedback on the revised version of the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) Regulation with reference to the exclusion of CO2 storage and CO2 transport modalities other than pipelines from its scope. Despite ongoing efforts by a number of stakeholder groups including NGOs and industry, the current proposal from the European Commission does not include these two key elements.