| The European Union (EU) has a target to reduce emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2030. This is an economy-wide target and therefore includes the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. The EU is currently consulting stakeholders on how to integrate LULUCF into the EU’s 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. The LULUCF sector has several particularities and differs from energy, industrial processes, waste and agriculture (non-CO2) emissions in a number of ways.2 Adequate rules are therefore essential to reflect the changes in LULUCF and to assess progress towards targets. The most specific particularity is that the sector includes activities that cause emissions but also can lead to carbon being taken up and stored (e.g. through biomass... |
