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Explainer: What are carbon removals and can they be made to work?

The Heidelberg Materials cement plant in Belgium plans to equip its kiln with a carbon capture facility. The EU’s CRCF aims to increase carbon removals and standardise their quality (Photo: Benoit Doppagne/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)
The Heidelberg Materials cement plant in Belgium plans to equip its kiln with a carbon capture facility. The EU’s CRCF aims to increase carbon removals and standardise their quality (Photo: Benoit Doppagne/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

The EU’s carbon removal certification framework aims to increase the use of carbon removals while guarding against greenwashing. What do experts think of the latest draft?

The EU carbon removal certification framework took another step towards adoption when in February, the European Council, the European Commission and parliament reached a provisional agreement.

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