Press release - Carbon removals: more efforts needed to achieve carbon neutrality, say MEPs

They also warn the EU against relying too heavily on future CO2 removals to become climate neutral and achieve net-negative emissions after 2050.

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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230414IPR80118/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230414IPR80118/
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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EUROPE, CARBON, AUSTRIA
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  • They also warn the EU against relying too heavily on future CO2 removals to become climate neutral and achieve net-negative emissions after 2050.
  • They stress that such a new monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) framework should be used to incentivise carbon removals.
  • Carbon farming and forestry
    MEPs underline that agriculture and forestry should play a significant role in achieving the EU carbon removal target from the land use sector.
  • MEPs also underline that solutions based on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and use (CCU) technologies can play a role in decarbonisation.
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