Carbon Herald just published Opinion: The EU Sent Me A Birthday Present.
Carbon Herald has published an opinion piece reacting to the European Commission’s ETS review, released on 17 July - which happened to be the author’s birthday. According to the piece, the review proposes moves that would position the EU as the largest driver of demand for carbon removals, a step the author reads as a turning point for the CDR sector in Europe. The commentary frames the announcement as long-awaited recognition that permanent removals need a regulated compliance market to scale, and situates it within the broader debate over integrating CDR into the EU Emissions Trading System.
Our take (Context): Worth reading, but keep the genre in mind: this is an opinion piece by an enthusiastic industry voice, not a policy analysis. A Commission proposal is the start of a long legislative process, and the details that matter most - eligibility criteria, permanence rules, timelines - are exactly where such proposals tend to get diluted. Optimism is fair; certainty is premature.
-> Read the full piece at Carbon Herald
Captain Drawdown is flagging this. The reporting is Carbon Herald’s. Go read them directly, not a rewrite from us.
Source: Carbon Herald