From Paul Brannen: The European Council gave the green light to the certification framework for carbon removals which includes carbon storage activities that capture & store carbon in long-lasting products for at least 35 years such as wood-based construction products.

This is good news for the European timber industry as it sends a clear signal that carbon stored in wood products in the built environment has been recognised by the EU as a whole (the Commission, the Parliament & the Council) as being one of the most effective ways in which we can remove carbon from the atmosphere and safely store it.

In fact the built environment’s ability to store carbon in both new buildings and in renovations is immense if nature-based materials are used, as I point out in my book, ‘Timber! How wood can help save the world from climate breakdown’:

“For instance, a 2021 report from ASN Bank and Climate Cleanup stated that there was the potential in the Netherlands to use the projected one million new homes required before 2030 to store 50MtC” of carbon. p18.

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