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Revision of ‘LULUCF Regulation’, MEP Ville Niinistö proposes to significantly raise EU’s CO2 removal target

Brussels, 05/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

In his draft report on the revision of the EU Regulation (2018/84) on land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) published on Tuesday 4 January, MEP Ville Niinistö (Greens/EFA, Finland) proposes that the EU should set a target of -490 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent in net carbon removals by 2030.

This is a significant increase on the European Commission’s revision proposal of -310 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent (see EUROPE B12762A4).

In order to achieve this level of carbon...