Letter to President Juncker on LULUCF and starting point in the non-ETS sectors

The letter advocates for raising the EU's non-ETS emission reduction target from -30% to beyond -45% by 2030. It proposes that the starting point for the instrument be based on actual 2016-2018 emissions to avoid 850 million tons of CO2, and argues that carbon removals from land use and forestry (LULUCF) should supplement, rather than replace, emission reductions in existing sectors.

• The authors argue that the EU's emission reduction target for the non-ETS instrument should be increased from the current -30% to a level exceeding -45% by 2030.
• To prevent an additional 850 million tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, the starting point for the instrument should be based on a trajectory of actual emissions from 2016-2018, while countries failing to meet targets should use their 2021 ESD target.
• Carbon removals from land use and forestry should be used to help the EU reach 'below zero' emissions as an addition to, not a replacement for, reductions in existing ESD sectors, and should not be used to delay action or rely on complex forest management accounting rules that create windfall credits.

APA

Ozinga, S., Dings, J., Wates, J., Trio, W., Pons, G., Leetz, A., Cuoco, E., Alonso, N., Stranius, L., Caserta, A., & De Jong, F. (2016). Letter to President Juncker on LULUCF and starting point in the non-ETS sectors. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-president-juncker-on-lulucf-and-starting-point-in-the-non-ets-sectors/

Chicago

Ozinga, Saskia, Jos Dings, Jeremy Wates, Wendel Trio, Geneviève Pons, Anja Leetz, Eduardo Cuoco, et al. Letter to President Juncker on LULUCF and starting point in the non-ETS sectors. Carbon Market Watch, 2016. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-president-juncker-on-lulucf-and-starting-point-in-the-non-ets-sectors/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{ozinga2016letter, author = {Ozinga, Saskia and Dings, Jos and Wates, Jeremy and Trio, Wendel and Pons, Geneviève and Leetz, Anja and Cuoco, Eduardo and Alonso, Natalia and Stranius, Leo and Caserta, Angelo and De Jong, Femke}, title = {{Letter to President Juncker on LULUCF and starting point in the non-ETS sectors}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2016}, month = jul, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-president-juncker-on-lulucf-and-starting-point-in-the-non-ets-sectors/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }