On the 18th of November 2020, in the framework of NEGEM project, Bellona Europa and Carbon Market Watch hosted a virtual workshop entitled “On the Way to Climate Neutrality – Defining Real and Credible Carbon Removals. ”The workshop
Wednesday 18 November 2020, 14:00 – 16:10 CET – Online The IPCC 1.5°C Special Report states that, in addition to the urgent need to cut CO2 pollution, significant carbon dioxide removals (CDR) will be necessary over this century.
The Commission’s proposal for the first European Climate Law aiming for climate neutrality by 2050 acknowledges the role of carbon dioxide removal (CDR), however there is still a gap in the definition of what CDR is and a general lack of knowledge about negative emissions.
A team of scientists together with climate and policy experts from leading international organizations in 11 countries, grouped under the new Horizon 2020 project NEGEM, will quantify and assess the feasibility and the realistic potential of carbon dioxide removal, as a supplementary strategy to emission mitigation.