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The US government is supporting efforts to reform the carbon offset market with new principles for “high-integrity” carbon credits. These guidelines aim to ensure real emission reductions, protect local communities, and prioritize decarbonization before offsetting. These principles are expected to strengthen ongoing initiatives to enhance carbon market standards and impact.

👏 Great news on 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬! The European Parliament adopted its position on organisational climate-related claims: 1️⃣ The adopted report allows traders to make climate compensation claims only for their 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 2️⃣ Carbon credits used to substantiate such claims 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 under the recently agreed EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (or equivalent schemes approved by the Commission). 3️⃣ Organisations should 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 with permanent removal credits, following the "like-for-like" principle. 💪 This will serve as the Parliament's position during the upcoming trilogue negotiations with the Council and Commission, expected to take place after the EP elections. More 👇

The Council and the Parliament both successfully endorsed their respective positions on the Union Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) over the last two weeks. With their negotiating stances in hand, the co-legislators kicked off interinstitutional talks on 28 November with the aim of forging a compromise on the future legislative text before the end of the mandate. In this blog, we take a look at the positions they will be defending 👇 https://hubs.li/Q02bksNX0

Did you ever check your own personal carbon footprint? The results may leave you surprised. Follow this link to check your own carbon footprint: https://lnkd.in/g3iYKDb

ATO NATIONAL POLICIES DATABASE UPDATED - NOW WITH 1053 POLICY DOCUMENTS! https://lnkd.in/eDjYMN_J We are pleased to inform you about the update of the ATO National Policies Database. It now has 1053 policy documents covering the 51 economies covered by the ATO. The interface provides filters to query by focus areas (National (General), Air Pollution, Climate, Energy, Active Transport, Road, Rail, E-mobility, Gender etc.), document type (National Development Policy, National Transport Policy, Transport Laws / Regulations, NDCs, etc.), and time (by year). The time filter provides a shortcut to select years before 2015 (pre-SDG/Paris Agreement) or 2015 onwards (post-SDG/Paris Agreement). ATO gathers policy documents from publicly accessible sources and is maintained as regularly as possible. Missing documents in the database (the documents that were identified but not found) are indicated as 'no data'. If any relevant information is found, please send an email to asiantransportoutlook@gmail.com

👏 Good news! The European Parliament just adopted its report on the 𝐄𝐔 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, calling for more stringent rules on organisations' climate-related claims. We give you the key elements: 🔸 The adopted report allows traders to only make climate compensation (also known as offsetting) claims for their 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, to be defined according to an upcoming delegated act by the European Commission; 🔸 The text specifies that the carbon credits used to substantiate such claims 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 under the recently agreed EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) 🔸 Very positively, the Parliament requires organisations to 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 with permanent removal credits as defined by the CRCF, following the "like-for-like" principle of carbon storage. The adopted text will serve as the Parliament's position in view of negotiations with the Council, due to take place after the EU elections, once the new Parliament is in place.   ➕ Find more in our analysis of the committee vote: https://lnkd.in/eK_vvTHD 🔎 Our policy tracker entry is available here: https://lnkd.in/eazksbBy   #GreenClaims #NetZeroClaims #offsetting

Last night the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to pass the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 (aka ZEV mandate), bringing to a conclusion a process of legislative approval that has toured the parliaments of Great Britain and involved years of work by civil servants, NGOs and industry. This is a really exciting and powerful piece of climate policy. It will cut a out a massive chunk of the UK's emissions and will also bring real help to hard pressed families who increasingly have to choose between an empty tank or an empty wallet. My two reflections this morning... First, on the law itself. It is one of the most solid & stable bits of law around. There is a quirk in the way that the Climate Change Act 2008 interacts with devolution, which means that the legislation had to go through a process of approval in devolved as well as the UK parliament. To introduce the law requires unanimous approval by all parliaments. To change it or abolish it would require similar unanimous approval. No future westminster government can unilaterally change it without securing the agreement of Edinburgh or Cardiff. Second, this shows that sensible climate policy can receive strong political support across parties and nations in the UK, but that support is not guaranteed. The legislation passed the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and the House of Lords without objection. In the House of Commons, it passed despite a 37 MPs voting against it - full list here (https://lnkd.in/gXGi9dKM). These policies are really effective but their complexity means they are hard to explain. 'ZEV mandate' is meaningless to all but a handful of people, but 'clean air' is easily understandable. NGOs have a vital role to play in promoting the importance of these schemes and explaining why they are necessary and worthy of the attention of politicians and policymakers. Well done to all involved! James Vickery Bob Moran Matt Finch Quentin Willson Rosalind Marshall Richard Bruce Colin Walker Ben Kilbey Ralph Palmer Helena Bennett Natasha Mahmoudian and many others!

For those who pay attention to carbon policy and new developments in the voluntary carbon credit markets – yes, I know, just about everyone – the following policy statement from the Whitehouse hints at how quickly these concepts can go mainstream. There is plenty to applaud here, including the thinking behind the principles outlined for adoption, and the document highlights the importance of alignment between policies, markets, and emissions reduction and removal solutions. Net-zero by 2050? Sure thing. But it’ll take all of this plus much, much more. https://lnkd.in/gaAMf2h8

The Infrastructure Guidelines recently updated the parameters to be used for the Shadow Price of Carbon across appraisal. Read more about what the Shadow Price of Carbon is, what are the changes that have been implemented and what impact this could have on decision making in our blog post here: https://lnkd.in/eJSFvwtK