Tag: carbon emissions

• Climate neutrality: only as strong as the weakest definition

  Reducing carbon emissions has been defined as a central goal in the fight to tackle the effects of climate change. But “carbon neutral” claims that rely on carbon offsetting – a different practice – are misleading and can hinder actual progress, writes Elisa Martellucci in EURACTIV.

• Joint letter – Preventing widespread greenwashing and ensuring a just transition of EU agriculture – Input on the proposed Regulation on Carbon Removal Certification

  ECOS, alongside other signatories, has written to the European Parliament and Council of the European Union to share our views and solutions on some of the key issues regarding land-based activities (under the concept of carbon farming) in the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation establishing a Union Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF).

• Burn Now, Pay Later: Why the new ISO standard won’t fix the problem with carbon neutrality

  Carbon neutrality has captured the public’s imagination and has become an integral part of marketing. It is now an important way to advertise industry commitment to stop climate change, often replacing other ways of communicating on real contributions.

• EU bio-based, biodegradable & compostable plastics framework: can recommendations help control pollution?

  On 30 November, the European Commission will publish its Circular Economy Action Plan. It includes a framework indicating in which cases it makes sense to use bio-based, biodegradable or compostable plastics. Spoiler alert: applications should be extremely limited. Can these recommendations be of true help against plastic pollution?