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🆕New report on decarbonising #plastics! The chemicals industry is one of Europe’s largest manufacturing sectors, with plastics standing out as one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. ❔ How can plastics be decarbonised?  ❔Can we produce plastics without relying on oil and gas?  ❔ How much of our plastics waste can be recycled?   ❔ Is there enough biomass to meet plastic production demand? In our latest report, Bellona's #CCS team lead, Eivind Berstad, explores the pathways to decarbonising plastics, from production to end-of-life treatment. Dive into the details and get all of the answers here: https://lnkd.in/dgnDmgBA

Cross-border infrastructures and value chains are essential for building a net-zero industry!   Last week, our Director Jonas M. Helseth joined Energy Mission 2024 as a panelist, diving into the challenges & opportunities in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. 🏭🍃   Bellona Europa is proud to have contributed to this pivotal moment, driving collaboration on cross-border infrastructure between BeNeLux and Germany, key to enabling #netzero solutions for European industry.    A big thanks to the organisers Flux50 , Benelux Union, Benelux Business Roundtable (BBR), EnergyVille and POM Limburg for hosting a successful event with an impressive turnout! 🙌 #benelux #climateaction #co2infrastructure #climate #energytransition

📹New Ports2Decarb Talks video!   Our second interview from the Ports for Climate Conference in Tallinn is out for our Ports2Decarb Talks series.   Listen to what Erika Laajalahti from The Bioenergy Association of Finland has to say about carbon removals from the bioenergy sector and the role of ports for CO2 transportation in Finland. Stay tuned for another interview from Tallinn coming soon!   Thanks again Baltic Ports Organization for the event and networking opportunities it unlocked!  Bellona Europa #industrialdecarbonisation #CCS #BECCS #ports #carbonremovals

📣Bellona’s assessment of Denmark’s NECP is out!     We’re continuing with our #NECP series, analysing how well they address the role of Carbon Capture and Storage #CCS. This week, we dive into Denmark’s Plan!    Highlights from Denmark’s NECP:     👉 Denmark has been an EU leader in CCS deployment & its Plan reflects strong ambition.  👉 The final Plan, however, does not outline plans for critical #CO2infrastructure deployment.   👉 Denmark recently announced increased funding for CCS deployment to support its goal to become a CO2 storage hub in Europe.     🔗 Read our full assessment and recommendations here: https://lnkd.in/eEqHGM4A   Stay tuned for the German assessment coming next! European Commission The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities Danish Energy Agency

🤝Welcome to the team! 🤝 Over the past two months, Bellona has had the pleasure of welcoming 3 new colleagues to our team. 🏢Dr. Marco Sirotti started working at Bellona in November, as an Advisor on Embodied Carbon, focusing on #embodiedcarbon from a whole-life carbon to product perspective. ☁Dr. Louis Hennequin joined us in October to work on policy related to negative emissions and Carbon Dioxide Removal #CDR technologies. ⚡Arianna Avallone also joined Bellona this month, as a Policy Assistant, focusing on #energysystems with a particular emphasis on electricity grids. Check out their bios & learn more about the team here: https://lnkd.in/d47g4G6Y #team #climate #climateaction

The European Commission hosted the 5th Carbon Removals Expert Group meeting in October 2024, bringing key discussions on the proposed methodologies under the upcoming  Carbon Removal Certification Framework, which was approved in Council last week!     Bellona’s takeaways:     🔸The methodologies are more advanced for DACCS and BioCCS, with the caveat of biomass sustainability used and its whole life cycle emissions.     🔸 Biochar monitoring and liability requirements are inconsistent with other methodologies. 🔸 Carbon farming methodologies (agriculture, forestry and peatlands) were presented as draft elements with crucial pieces still missing. Many key details need further deliberation such as baselines, inconsistencies in sustainability requirements and discrepancies between activity and monitoring periods.    🔸 Bellona sees the net-zero and climate neutrality claims, using the suggested quantification methods, for carbon storage in buildings as problematic.   🔸 Currently, no end-use of the potential certificates derived from those approaches was suggested. This is essential information to design methodologies that are fit for purpose.    📃🔗Read the article & dive into Bellona's detailed consultation response here: https://lnkd.in/dhXxE9eV   #CRCF #EUremovals #removals #netzero #carbonremovals #climateaction

We are still reflecting on the Baltic Ports for Climate Conference that took place last month in Tallinn organised by Baltic Ports Organization. We brought our camera along with us, and filmed an interview for our Ports2Decarb Talks series, with Ole Rom Andersen from Greenport North, a company developing green solutions for Port of Hirtshals - Hirtshals Havn, to learn about their plans developing #CCS hub Greenport Scandinavia.   🎙️ The Ports2Decarb Talks series aims to explore expert insights on how ports are paving the way for industrial decarbonisation, through both interview articles or videos. Stay tuned for two more videos from Tallinn, and in-depth interview articles focusing on the developments in the Nordics! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d5hDWxjn Bellona Europa #ports #netzero #decarbonisation #climateaction #greentransition

There are valid concerns that oil and gas companies may charge excessively high fees for CO2 storage services.    Yesterday, at #COP29 we co-hosted an official UNFCCC side event alongside Carbon Capture and Storage Association, the The University of Texas at Austin, and International CCS Knowledge Centre.   During the event, titled “Is there climate finance for carbon capture and storage, especially in emerging economies?”, Bellona’s senior advisor Olav Øye explained how the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act #NZIA obliges oil and gas companies to provide CO2 storage solutions for industries like cement and ammonia production. Policy frameworks like these are essential for creating incentives and sending positive signals that encourage industries to adopt CCS.   🔗 Read the event summary: https://lnkd.in/gi3aPfd7    📸 Check out the event highlights below!  #climateaction #COP #climateactionnow #CCS #CO2infrastructure #eupolicy COP29 Azerbaijan

🔎 Why is Green Public Procurement #GPP an effective climate solution for the construction sector?     The EU's public sector has a critical role to play in driving decarbonisation by prioritising low-carbon materials in emissions-heavy industries such as #cement and #steel, which make up around 10% of EU emissions.    Discover more in our fact sheet below, focused on GPP of cement & steel! ⤵   Missed our report? Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dZDZZxVg    #climateaction #climateactionnow #decarbonisation #procurement 

🔎Week 1 takeaways from COP29 Azerbaijan!     Our colleagues Mark Preston Aragonès and Eivind Berstad have followed the climate negotiations closely during week 1 and so far, have not seen many reasons to celebrate.    Outside of the negotiations, Bellona has also participated in the Ministerial Meeting on Carbon Management, organised by the Carbon Management Challenge, an initiative to support the roll-out of carbon capture and storage and carbon removal worldwide, with a target of 1 billion tonnes of CO2 or more annually by 2030.    🔗https://lnkd.in/d4QHhyjq Keep a look out on our socials as we’ll continue to share Bellona’s engagements from #COP29!  Read Mark & Eivind's quotes below! 👇    #climatenegotiations #climateaction #climateactionnow #climatepolicy #climate #netzero  #COP Bellona