KEF, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 23: Orientering om dansk høringssvar óm ny EU-handlingsplan fra Kommissionen om genopretning af bæredygtige kulstofcyklusser

Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsudvalget 2021-22
KEF Alm.del Bilag 23
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The Danish Government’s response to the European Commission’s

roadmap

consultation on the communication concerning restoring sustainable carbon

cycles

The Danish Government’s key priorities for

the Commission’s Communication on restoring sustainable

carbon cycles



Development of a robust and transparent regulatory framework for certification of carbon remov-

als.

Further integration of CO

removals from negative emissions technologies and nature-based solu-

tions in EU climate policy to incentivise their development and deployment.

Including negative emissions technologies in the Emissions Trading System could effectively cre-

ate better economic incentives for the technologies, which do not exist today.

Certification of carbon removals could pave the way for new business models for farmers and for-

esters etc., thus for example improving incentives for farmers to enhance carbon sinks and reser-

voirs in soils and forests.

Substantial removals of CO

from the atmosphere are needed to reach Member

States’ individual climate targets, the

EU’s

climate target for 2030 of reducing net

greenhouse gas emissions by at

least 55 pct. as well as the EU’s objective of

be-

coming climate neutral by 2050.

The Commission’s communication on restoring sustainable carbon cycles need to

be future-proof. It is therefore necessary that the Commission in its upcoming com-

munication focus on creating a system for certification of carbon removals, which

covers both nature-based and technological solutions. A robust and transparent cer-

tification system is a precondition for implementing effective policies that create

strong incentives for CO

removals.

Incentives for carbon dioxide removals for land managers

There is a need for initiatives that directly incentivise sustainable carbon manage-

ment for land managers, such as farmers and foresters, with the aim to conserve and

enhance sinks and reservoirs in soils and forests. This is particularly urgent with the

increased ambition in the LULUCF sector as decided in the European climate law

and the proposed amending of the LULUCF regulation. In addition, new tools such

as applying biochar from pyrolysis to soils must be encouraged and accounted for.

An EU methodology to certify carbon dioxide removals at the level of farmers could

enable policies incentivising the sustainable management of carbon stocks in agri-

cultural soils, e.g. through the CAP or by means of a new market mechanism. The

environmental integrity of such solutions should be ensured by robust and transpar-

ent carbon accounting to monitor and verify the authenticity of carbon removals and

storage.

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KEF, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 23: Orientering om dansk høringssvar óm ny EU-handlingsplan fra Kommissionen om genopretning af bæredygtige kulstofcyklusser

Integrating negative emissions technologies in the Emissions Trading System

While natural sinks can deliver significant removals, technological solutions for car-

bon capture and storage (CCS) delivering negative emissions will also play a signif-

icant role in the efforts to reach national climate targets as well as

the EU’s objective

of climate neutrality by 2050. Negative emissions can be achieved through, for ex-

ample, the use of bioenergy with CCS (BECCS) or from direct air capture of CO

(DACCS). Developments of BECCS is noted in several Member States, but currently

there are lacking economic incentives to deploy these technologies.

Consequently, the Commission is encouraged to present policy options for further

incentivising the development and deployment of these technologies. A special at-

tention should be paid to the possibility of integrating negative emissions in the Emis-

sions Trading System (ETS), which could effectively create better economic incen-

tives for investing in negative emissions technologies. This could be achieved by

allocating allowances to installations that generate negative emissions through CCS

based on robust monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) in the ETS. In this light,

a regulatory framework for carbon removals should complement and be closely in-

terlinked with current climate policies in the EU.

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