Country: Europe
Europe
Contesting false removals from BioCCS and biochar in the EU’s CRCF
The EU’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation promotes biomass with carbon capture and storage, as well as biochar, to help pull CO2 out of the atmosphere. However, these activities can make climate change worse unless they’re carefully executed. The European Commission has failed to include guardrails in the "removals" delegated act that implements the Regulation.View Case
FLC’s guidance for implementing the RED’s biomass criteria published
Revision of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive last year meant the EU’s rules for qualifying biomass got a lot more complicated. The FLC’s guide explains the rules and how advocates can ensure they’re maximally effective.Europe
Sustainable Finance Taxonomy greenwashing, EU
The EU’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy sets the rules under which economic activities can be labelled as green, thus potentially affecting trillions in investments. However, the criteria for forestry and biomass energy projects fail to meet the main requirement of the Taxonomy – that projects actually mitigate climate change.View Case
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United Kingdom
Challenging Drax’s Greenwashing, UK
Drax makes profoundly misleading claims about forest and climate benefits of burning trees for energy. We are challenging Drax’s greenwashing under the OECD guidelines for responsible business conduct.View Case