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European Carbon Certification must be demanding... and appealing

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How can we differentiate between projects that really enable carbon to be stored and those that only claim to do so? This is a complicated question when dealing with projects in agriculture and forestry, where quantifying carbon storage is complex, and where other environmental challenges, like the preservation of biodiversity, must also be taken into account. A complicated question, therefore, but one that needs an answer! Private actors and public authorities want to ensure that the agricultural and forestry projects financed in the name of the climate have a real environmental benefit.

Carbon certification systems have multiplied in recent years to answer this question. The problem is that their requirements are heterogeneous, to say the least. This is why the European Commission has just proposed a new regulation to create a common carbon certification "framework" at the European level. This might provide clarity for funders, farmers and forest owners.

This Commission proposal is therefore excellent news but, as the analysis we have made of it in this newsletter shows, better can sometimes be the enemy of good. The impossibility of valuing agricultural emission reductions in addition to carbon storage, or an overly complex way to ensure the long-term storage of carbon, may put off actors in the field. If the future European carbon certification framework is not sufficiently attractive, it will miss its objective. The ball is now in the court of the Council and the European Parliament.
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Carbon certification: The Commission’s framework should also be appealing

I4CE has analysed the Commission's proposal for a European carbon certification framework. We have identified four points on which it will be necessary to be vigilant in order for this certification framework to be sufficiently attractive for farmers and foresters: the scope of emissions covered, the coordination of funding sources, the pragmatism of sustainability criteria and the governance of the future framework. 
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Recommendations for the European Carbon Certification Framework
To create its carbon certification framework, the European Union can rely on the experience of existing certification frameworks. Based on its experience with the French Label Bas-Carbone and years of research on carbon certification, I4CE has proposed in this study 7 recommendations for the future European framework.
2 minutes on Carbon Certification
Why create a carbon certification framework for agriculture and forestry? What are the challenges for the European carbon certification? In two minutes, Adeline Favrel answers these questions and presents the main recommendations from her study for a European framework.
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Agriculture and food Climate Club
The agricultural sector is a source of GHG emissions, but it also has a strong mitigation potential that is still under-exploited. It is also one of the sectors most impacted by climate change and must therefore adapt to it. The Club brings together scientific, political and publiv economic actors on climate issues related to agriculture and forestry; and contributes to developing common tools to stimulate the implementation of low-carbon projects.
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