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Publish date: June 9, 2023
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In light of the upcoming Carbon Removals Expert Group meeting convened by the European Commission on the 21st and 22nd of June, Bellona, Carbon Market Watch, ECOS, EEB, and Fern would like to raise a number of key concerns that the European Commission must take on board to ensure the transparent, representative and effective future functioning of this Expert Group and its meetings.
Download the letter: NGO Letter on the functioning of the Expert Group on Carbon Removal and its meetings June 2023
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.