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In this special report, Euractiv looks at how the EU\u2019s Nature Restoration Law and Carbon Removals Certification Framework can make this a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- EU negotiators agree historic law to restore Europe\u2019s nature<\/a>News<\/a> | Climate change<\/a> 10 Nov 2023 Est. 5min<\/strong>
Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament agreed on a landmark new law late on Thursday (9 November) to restore at least 20% of Europe\u2019s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Nature Restoration Law adopted in trilogue, but still a long way to go<\/a>Opinion<\/a> | Biodiversity<\/a> 10 Nov 2023 Est. 5min<\/strong>
The Nature Restoration Law, which was approved during talks between the European Parliament and the Council, comes a little late in view of the ecological calamity raging on our doorstep, but at least it’s there, writes Jutta Paulus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Restoring forests can boost global carbon capture, major study finds<\/a>News<\/a> | Climate change<\/a> 19 Nov 2023 Est. 4min<\/strong>
Restoring and connecting forests through community-driven action can capture up to 226 gigatonnes of carbon, roughly equivalent to a third of what humans have released since the beginning of the industrial era, according to new research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n- European Parliament adopts position on certifying carbon removals<\/a>News<\/a> | Climate change<\/a> 6:37 Est. 4min<\/strong>
The European Parliament adopted its position on Tuesday (21 November) on a scheme to certify carbon removals to help Europe meet its climate target and prevent greenwashing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n- UK sued for counting wood burning with carbon capture as \u2018negative emissions\u2019<\/a>News<\/a> | Climate change<\/a> 13 Nov 2023 Est. 6min<\/strong>
Environmental groups are taking the UK government to court on Monday (13 November) over plans to spend billions on Biomass with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), a technology aimed at removing CO2 from the atmosphere that is also being promoted by the European Union.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To do this, EU countries need to revive their nature, including restoring and planting forests, and make sure carbon removals are done in a way that benefits the environment and does not allow companies or countries to greenwash. In this special report, Euractiv looks at how the EU\u2019s Nature Restoration Law and Carbon Removals Certification […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The European Union wants to slash its greenhouse gas emissions but also boost the amount of carbon it removes from the atmosphere in order to prevent drastic global warming \u2013 and healthy forests have a big part to play in this","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[10744,19644,13638],"supplier":[4514,5585],"class_list":["post-135068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-carboncapture","tag-carbonremoval","tag-forest","supplier-european-parliament","supplier-european-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135068"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=135068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Nature Restoration Law adopted in trilogue, but still a long way to go<\/a>Opinion<\/a> | Biodiversity<\/a> 10 Nov 2023 Est. 5min<\/strong>