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Carbon markets experts grapple with role of removals in ETS

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The EU is in the final stages of negotiating a voluntary framework to ensure the integrity of carbon removals, by defining quality criteria, along with a process to monitor, report and verify their authenticity © Andreas Arnold/Bloomberg

The European Commission has until July 2026 to decide whether carbon removals should be included in the EU Emissions Trading System

Since 2005, the EU Emissions Trading System has set a cap, or reduction target, on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted by companies operating in energy-intensive areas. Currently this covers industrial, aviation, maritime and electricity and heat generation sectors.

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