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Insight Report Carbon Dioxide Removal in the G20 pledges: Limited and lacking credibility

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Findings at a glance

  1. Current CDR pledges in the G20 total 214–265 MtCO₂ by 2030, a small increase on today’s ~2 GtCO₂ per year.
  2. Nine G20 members have not clarified the contribution of land-use removals (LULUCF) to their targets.
  3. Only the United Kingdom has specified contributions from novel CDR, mainly through BECCS.
  4. China’s forest stock target implies an additional 48 MtCO₂ of removals by 2030.
    India projects it will exceed its forest and tree cover target by 2030.
  5. The European Union is off track to meet its land-sink goal.
  6. Japan, the Republic of Korea and Türkiye expect reductions in their current land-based removals.
  7. Only the European Union, Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom meet all credibility criteria set in this analysis.
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