😱 The CRCF - Europe's landmark CDR policy - just got a new name 😱

😱 The CRCF - Europe's landmark CDR policy - just got a new name 😱

🥸 Flying under the radar, the CRCF just changed from “Carbon Removal Certification Framework” to “Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming” Regulation (so same acronym). Semantics you might say, but there is more to it.

🏛️ When it was originally developed, the CRCF was supposed to be, well, exclusively about carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR). Hence the name. However, 18 months of intense pressure by the agricultural industry led to soil emission reductions sneaking their way into the CRCF and becoming one of the four CRCF-certifiable units (the other three being CDR).

👎 This was a huge defeat for a lot of CDR advocates like myself, de facto reducing the credibility of the CRCF as a cornerstone regulation for carbon removals.

🤷 As such, this name change is an admission of defeat and - frankly - frustrating, but at least it is honest. The CRCF is no longer only a CDR certification framework and its name now reflects that.

🧑‍🌾 Further, given the huge role of agriculture in Europe, it can be expected that future changes to the CRCF will only increase the role of emission reductions, e.g. from livestock, in the CRCF.

👏 Shout-out to Lukas May for bringing this to my attention. I - like most folks out there - had not realised this had happened.

🤔 I'm curious to hear from all my peers who have been as deep into the CRCF weeds as I have been: what’s your take on this name change? Irrelevant? Telling?

👉 If you are new to the CRCF, check out this blog I wrote: https://lnkd.in/d9kcU_9Y

🔗 Here is the official CRCF page: https://lnkd.in/duvuX3zB

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