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Commission Proposal for an EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework
Is the proposed delegation of power in line with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU?
In November 2022, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation for a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). The proposal includes various provisions that would empower the Commission to adopt delegated acts.…
Climate protection in aviation and maritime transport: Roadmaps for achieving the climate goal
The climate neutrality of air and sea transport can hardly be achieved without the accelerated use of almost GHG-neutral fuels. Such fuels are generated from renewable electricity and are thus called electro fuels or (synthetic) e-fuels.…
Paris Agreement: development of measures and activities for climate-friendly aviation and maritime transport
The project provided BMU and UBA with extensive and timely support on many issues in the context of greenhouse gas mitigation in international aviation and maritime transport. The support ranged from quantitative analysis of current…
Certification for Green Hydrogen and Power-to-X
Policy Brief
Oeko-Institut, together with the International PtX Hub, has developed a briefing that provides an introduction to the topic of certification for green hydrogen and PtX. The briefing paper discusses the need for certification, the…
EU Requirements for Renewable Hydrogen and its Derivatives
Policy Brief
In February 2023, the European Commission published the two Delegated Acts pursuant to Article 27 and Article 28 of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII). These set out the requirements for renewable hydrogen and other Renewable Fuels…
Funding climate-friendly soil management: Risks and key issues
Key issues to be considered in the design of funding instruments
This report summarises key aspects that should be accounted for in the design of policy instruments to support the implementation of climate-friendly soil management measures. It outlines overarching aspects that need to be considered…
Technical support for RES policy development and implementation – simplification of permission andadministrative procedures for RES installations (RES Simplify)
Final report
This final study report of the “RES Simplify” project assesses the permission and administrative procedures for renewable energy projects in the 27 EU Member States, Norway and Iceland with the aim of identifying administrative barriers…
Opportunities and risks of methods to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere
Recommendations based on an analysis of the current status of knowledge and a systematic survey of specialists in Switzerland.
To support long-term global climate targets and to contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, the Swiss Federal Council decided on 28 August 2019 to reduce its net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero by 2050 at the latest. This…
Make it happen! - Annual Report of the Oeko-Institut 2022
Mitigation potentials for emissions of nitrous oxide from chemical industry in industrialised countries world-wide
Study for the Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
This study investigates mitigation potentials in industrialised countries for emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) from chemical industry, in particular from the production processes for nitric acid, adipic acid and…
Facilitating Socially Just Carbon Pricing in the EU
Identification of vulnerable groups, impacts of carbon pricing and compensation. Insights from the microsimulation model SEEK-EU
Presentation by Nelly Unger and Dr. Johanna Cludius, 8th European User Conference for EU-Microdata, 17.3.2023, Mannheim
Methanol as a marine fuel
Advantages and limitations
E‑Methanol is prominently discussed as a potential candidate to decarbonise deep-sea shipping. This study assesses whether the potential benefits and risks of e‑methanol are sufficiently reflected in the current discussion and whether…
Architectural change in accelerating transitions: Actor preferences, system architectures, and flexibility technologies in the German energy transition
Despite growing research attention to accelerating transitions, the process of acceleration is not yet fully understood. It, for example, remains unclear whether or not acceleration requires deep changes in the architecture of…
Certification of Carbon Dioxide Removals
Evaluation of the Commission Proposal
On 30 November 2022, the Commission proposed an EU carbon removal certification framework (CRCF). The proposed framework could undermine the environmental integrity of EU climate policies. This risk is aggravated by the fact that the EU…
Can current EU climate policy reliably achieve climate neutrality by 2050?
Post-2030 crunch issues for the move to a net zero economy
The “Fit For 55” package represents a step towards a transformative EU climate policy architecture but is not yet fully capable of facilitating climate neutrality. Key issues to be resolved for post-2030 climate policy include the…
Potentials for “results-based payments” in the forest sector under the Paris Agreement
The forest sector contributes to high emissions worldwide through the loss of historically built-up carbon stocks, mainly from deforestation and forest degradation. The REDD+ approach aims at compensating developing countries for efforts…
Conceptual considerations on a legal regulation for the nationwide introduction of municipal heat planning
Summary report
The heat transition can only succeed if many millions of individual investment decisions by homeowners and businesses are coordinated in such a way that a target-compliant heating system is created. Municipal heating planning is the key…
Barriers to mitigating emissions from agriculture
Analysis of mitigation options, related barriers and recommendations for action
On the basis of a literature review, this paper outlines the main mitigation options for agricultural activities and the broader food system on the supply and the demand side. Economic, policy/legal barriers, technical barriers,…
The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative
Transparent Scores for Carbon Credit Quality - Expanded Scores Launch
Presentation by John Holler, Pedro Martins Barata und Dr. Lambert Schneider, Expanded Scores Launch, 31 January 2023
QU.A.L.ITY soil carbon removals?
Assessing the EU Framework for Carbon Removal Certification from a climate-friendly soil management perspective
This brief critically assesses the Commission’s 2022 proposal for Framework for Carbon Re-movals Certification as it applies to climate-friendly soil management. We introduce the pro-posal and then evaluate how its minimum certification…