Reports
Carbon removals are a complex topic. They also are part of the solution to climate change. Through our analyses and events, we are bringing the potential of negative emissions technologies to the attention of policy makers, stakeholders and the general public.
2023 NEP Highlights
January 2024
This short external report covers the key activities that NEP has conducted in 2023. Key elements covered are membership makeup, number of advocacy meetings, projects and communications activities conducted. For more details, please contact NEP Secretary-General Chris Sherwood at chris.sherwood@negative-emissions.org
March 2022
This Policy Insight examines different policy options for the EU to support the deployment of negative emissions technologies. After presenting an overview of measures to support negative emissions around the world, the EU’s climate policy frameworks are reviewed from the perspective of (potentially) integrating negative emissions. This is followed by a review of specific policy measures to support negative emissions in the EU. The paper recommends a wide portfolio of policy measures over time, to account for technology differences and the changing demands of climate policy for different time horizons as climate neutrality approaches (followed by net-negative emissions thereafter). This Policy Insight builds on a scoping paper by CEPS (Elkerbout & Bryhn, 2021) that discussed the need for negative emissions more in detail, as well as various options for negative emissions technology.
September 2021
This scoping paper - developed by the Center for European Policy Studies with support of Negative Emissions Platform -explores the different concepts relevant to discussing negative emissions in an EU policy context. Starting with the scientific basis described by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) the paper then discusses different ways negative emissions technologies can be categorised, and the potential trade-offs associated with their deployment. Finally, some political considerations for negative emissions policy are discussed. The paper will form the basis for an upcoming policy paper on how the EU should approach negative emissions in its climate policy framework.
Looking ahead to COP26, with the momentum and public pressure building to shift from our current fossil dominated economy to one that is de-fossilised, there is a strong need to explore not only the amount of removals needed to reach net zero targets, but also the configuration of the portfolio of methods and technologies required. In this report, we also explore the necessary scale up of these solutions by 2030 and 2050, and the role of corporate action in the broader carbon dioxide removal (CDR) ecosystem.
Event Report: Insights from experts on the certification of carbon removals
April 2021
The European Commission’s scenarios show that the EU will have to rely on a substantial amount of carbon removals to reach climate neutrality by 2050, and achieve net-negative emissions thereafter. We are hoping that contributions from our speakers can support the Commission in the challenge of developing regulation that will enable the EU to take a global leadership in carbon removal.