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Interested in learning how European Green Deal discourse treats the tension between extraction of critical raw materials and undertaking a just and inclusive transition? Check out our new open-access paper in Global Environmental Change: A globally just and inclusive transition? Questioning policy representations of the European Green Deal: https://lnkd.in/d3SJTqhu with Stale Angen Rye and Diana Vela Almeida. Short story: the majority of the energy transition materials needed for the current design of the European Green Deal will come from resource frontiers in the Global South. By failing to engage with how the implementation of the European Green Deal drives social and environmental harms through the extraction of these materials, the European Union is able to portray itself as undertaking a 'just transition' that 'do no harm' and 'leave no behind'. This fictitious resolution of the tension between extraction and a just transition is shutting down key debates about thorny ethical and political dilemmas that should be at the forefront of dialogues about how we are going to move towards a low-carbon society.

Is a "good policy" endorsed by the Global North a truly good policy? My latest op-ed article discusses the green energy narrative from a critical perspective. It questions why it is such a struggle for the Global South to transform towards green energy and how it should perceive structural problems as momentum for revisiting the agenda. At the very least, this article illustrates that transformation does not always have to originate from dominant narratives or top-down approaches; local knowledge can significantly contribute to environmental sustainability. Even if it begins on a small scale, collaborative efforts among stakeholders to mainstream these initiatives can pave the way to unlock a new regime. Therefore, there is room to resist dominant Northern knowledge by reappropriating it into local contexts. [https://lnkd.in/gxT7FYk2]

Let's discuss how the exploration and successful implementation of green transit technologies can foster change and create a significant environmental impact. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02ww99d0 Post written by Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes Councils Member.

https://lnkd.in/gr7xVJiK Significant day at the United Nations in New York 25 November at the UN General Assembly of "Global Consensus" formalised unilateral implementation at scale of the UN Global Ban on Plastics Treaty with the UN legislative process and ECOSOC into formal adoption for implementation.for the state of the ocean and rivers, lakes with unprecedented volume of pollution directly impacting ocean biomass including marine species, ecosystems, ecological productivity. The Legally Binding Global Agreement with the Global Unity by 175 Nations across the globe as signatories to this historic Unilateral commitments and obligations to Legally Binding Rule of Law. This will reduce the excessive amount of ocean pollution and waste, including rivers, wetlands and coastal areas. The Ocean Clean up have demonstrated the effectiveness of their efforts and realistically an innovative initiative that the Ocean Clean up Strategy for multiple locations with strategic plans and resources to remove and restore impacted ecosystems with repair, restoration for productivity. These are effectively 175 nations with the potential to "capitalise' on "blue carbon stock' as seagrass , seaweed, commercial kelp forests development at scale. Strategic collaboration with resources rich nations in the ecosystem of ",Nature Based Solutions". as "income producing assets" as "nature capital "especially the lucrative"carbon credits" an evolving trillion dollar industry in diversified " nature capital". The strategic need to clean up the oceans, rivers ,lakes is to repair and restore these ecosystems and enhanced with blue carbon in seagrass, seaweed and kelp forests. This is investing in "nature capital income producing assets" with significant green jobs and skills development for innovation and transformation and transition to renewables and increasing oxygen in the atmosphere to reduce excessive emissions and pollution the root cause of unprecedented climate impacts. The Amazon fires "lungs of the earth" caused global tipping point and the sudden onset of unprecedented climate impact catastrophic events wiping out suburbs, communities, cities and infrastructure with more fires,.floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, cyclones and twisters in the ecosystem of rising sea levels 😉

A week ago, we brought together carbon removal enablers from all horizons to discuss the four pillars supporting our proposed CDR strategy for Europe. Here are our takeaways. 🗝️   🔵 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐔 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? EU RD&I funding for CDR must be coordinated and cross-cutting, across (1) mechanisms – to efficiently direct a much-needed increased budget for CDR towards both novels and promising CDR methods, and knowledge gaps of more matured methods, (2) projects and methods – to harness learnings and individual potential for EU’s diverse setting, (3) member states and the private sector – to leverage and direct their contribution and (4) open questions – to ensure a comprehensive approach, including governance, and social questions. ⚪ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥? The EU must shift gears and provide both the visibility and incentives required to give the credibility CDR projects need to unleash purchases and investments in the sector, steered by clear regulatory and financial incentives. 🟢 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭? Every option must be assessed when integrating CDR into compliance markets and policies, from existing ones like the ETS and ESR to potential new ones. Compliance markets must be considered as one instrument that needs to be nested among a larger, comprehensive policy framework on the road towards scaling removals and increasing overall climate action. 🟠 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐃𝐑 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞? To fill justice gaps in CDR governance and prioritise justice from the start, our panellists called for (1) CDR companies to conduct rigorous, continuous community engagement, (2) public participation to be pursued on CDR through citizen assemblies at the local, regional, and national levels, (3) the EU to take global distributive justice concerns into account in their own CDR policies, and (4) for non-market mechanisms to be used where the use of market mechanisms risks undermining just and responsible CDR outcomes. Watch our rapporteurs Lina Strandvåg Nagell, Chris Sherwood, Sam Van den plas and Rachel Ardiff share key points from their respective panels. 👉 https://lnkd.in/enz2GHHe Read our strategy here. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eAJHeU_r #CDRforEurope #CarbonRemoval

Agree - The carbon-credit market must reform or “go out of business”, leading scientists have concluded in an international review of the offsetting industry. The market for carbon offsets shrank dramatically last year after a series of scientific and media reports found many offsetting schemes had little environmental impact. #carbonmarkets #carbonoffsets https://lnkd.in/es6myHVp

Forced labor and other human rights violations in the green transition value chains could expose investors to material reputational, operational, and regulatory risks. This Partner Session - 2024 OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains will zoom on the expectations and role investors should play in identifying, addressing and mitigating forced labor in the green transition. Join us!

The Swedish government is preparing a support system for BECCS which will subsidise carbon removal credits for the voluntary carbon market. We argue in this new paper with Malin Dufour and Lars Zetterberg that this subsidisation risks delaying emission reductions among corporates, in other words causing mitigation deterrence. In the case of Swedish BECCS carbon credits, the subsidisation is linked to allowing the double claiming of mitigation outcomes. We also suggest how the associated environmental integrity problems could be avoided through an approach that combines proportional attribution and corresponding adjustments (or mimicked corresponding adjustments if/when necessary).

A circular bioeconomy reduces the EU’s dependency on fossil fuels and enhances strategic autonomy. In fact, the circular bioeconomy is already contributing to the EU's green goals and enabling the green transition. What we now need is for this for the next EU mandate period to take policy actions allowing Europe to fully benefit from a prospering circular bioeconomy. Point 1️⃣ of our three-point Manifesto makes clear what needs to be done to grow the #GreenEconomy👇 https://zurl.co/SnIh

I recently presented two research papers both focused on environmental sustainability along side Astha B. at international world energy conference in Türkiye on the topics Transitioning from Fossil Fuels: Addressing Environmental Challenges and Advancing Sustainable Energy Solution and Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Sources, Effects, and Mitigation Strategies for a Sustainable Future