FEATURE: Gross or net? EU wrestles with CO2 accounting rules for ETS removals

Published 14:49 on June 29, 2026 / Last updated at 14:49 on June 29, 2026 / / CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Insights (Features), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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As the European Commission prepares legislation to bring carbon removals into the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), experts warn that choices over CO2 accounting risk giving policymakers a serious headache in Brussels.
As the European Commission prepares legislation to bring carbon removals into the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), experts warn that choices over CO2 accounting risk giving policymakers a serious headache in Brussels.


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