Think tank recommends integrating BECCS in EU ETS, with environmental safeguards

Published 14:00 on June 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:45 on June 3, 2025  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) should be formally recognised as a compliance option under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), with environmental safeguards to avoid increasing the pressure on Europe’s forest carbon sink, a Brussels-based think tank recommends.
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) should be formally recognised as a compliance option under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), with environmental safeguards to avoid increasing the pressure on Europe’s forest carbon sink, a Brussels-based think tank recommends.


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