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Green Papers of Model Laws (Tree Planting Incentive Bill)

2020
Proposed Legislation
The Chancery Lane Project
This publication includes a model UK law to provide for infrastructure scale investment in tree planting as a way to capture and store carbon in order to transition the UK to net zero emissions and mitigate climate change.

Proposed regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law)

2020
Proposed Legislation
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
Article 2 of this regulatory proposal sets the EU 2050 climate-neutrality objectives, recognizing that removals of greenhouse gases will be needed to compensate for emissions from sectors where decarbonization is the most challenging.

Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

2009
Enacted Legislation
The European Parliament and the Council on the European Union
This Directive sets out the legislative framework concerning the environmentally safe storage of carbon dioxide in the European Union Member States as well as their exclusive economic zones and continental shelves.

Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

2009
Enacted Legislation
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union
This directive revised the EU Emissions Trading Directive to include CCS beginning from 2013 onwards.

Amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

2008
Enacted Legislation
The European Parliament and the Council on the European Union
Directive amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system of the Community to account for carbon capture, transport, and storage.

Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 (No. 61).

2008
Enacted Legislation
State of Victoria, Australia
This act aims to facilitate and regulate the injection of GHGs into underground geological formations for the purpose of permanent storage, including to facilitate and regulate the exploration for suitable underground geological storage formations.

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