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LEAK: EU drafts updated rules to certify CO2 removals from carbon farming

Published 08:33 on January 15, 2026 / Last updated at 08:33 on January 15, 2026 / / EMEA (Europe), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS)

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The European Commission is preparing detailed EU-wide rules to certify CO2 removals from carbon farming activities, setting out how projects in agriculture, peatland rewetting, and afforestation must prove their climate benefits to generate tradable units under the bloc’s new Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation.
The European Commission is preparing detailed EU-wide rules to certify CO2 removals from carbon farming activities, setting out how projects in agriculture, peatland rewetting, and afforestation must prove their climate benefits to generate tradable units under the bloc’s new Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation.


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