Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320461 
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Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 28/2025
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
In the discussions being held at EU level about the 2040 mitigation target, the role of international credits has recently taken centre stage. The new momentum in those discussions is due in part to the German government having announced its support for a mitigation target of a net 90 per cent greenhouse gas emissions reduction is conditional on up to 3 per cent of the target being achieved through international credits. How the target is to be drawn up and what it means for EU climate policy instruments will inevitably give rise to conflicts during the forthcoming legislative processes. Despite open questions about the quality, additionality and availability of the credits, it makes sense to hold a timely debate about their possible functions so that, if necessary, policy instruments can be further developed and corrections made later. It would be expedient to ensure that the use of international credits is focused on durable carbon dioxide removal technologies that are scalable only to a limited extent within the EU itself. Not only could international removal credits make a contribution to overcoming the challenges on the path to greenhouse gas neutrality by counterbalancing residual emissions; the creation of institutionalised demand for high-quality removal methods would also lay the foundation for achieving net-negative emissions.
Subjects: 
EU mitigation target for 2040
carbon dioxide removal technologies
greenhouse gas neutrality
climate policy
Net-zero emissions
Carbon Management
CCS
CCU
CDR
UNFCCC
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