LCAW26: Integrating removals is way of “future-proofing” UK ETS, official says

Published 16:29 on June 22, 2026 / Last updated at 19:43 on June 22, 2026 / / CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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The forthcoming integration of domestic carbon removals (CDR) into the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a way of incentivising investment in the market and "future-proofing the ETS", regardless of fluctuations in political appetite on net zero over time, a UK government official said at London Climate Action Week.
The forthcoming integration of domestic carbon removals (CDR) into the UK's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a way of incentivising investment in the market and "future-proofing the ETS", regardless of fluctuations in political appetite on net zero over time, a UK government official said at London Climate Action Week.


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