Following the rapid growth of the voluntary carbon removal market, and the need to scale high-integrity, internationally recognised standards, the EU has developed a Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF) (2024/3012) for DACCS (direct air carbon capture and storage), BioCCS (biomass with carbon capture and storage) and biochar. The UK Government has signalled its intention to align British Standards Institution (BSI) greenhouse gas removal (GGR) standards with the EU Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF), including for biochar carbon removal, to avoid duplication and divergence as both markets develop. This report provides a timely assessment of whether the CRCF biochar methodology meets the requirements of internationally recognised, high-integrity carbon crediting frameworks and informs considerations around potential UK–EU carbon market compatibility. Download the full report from the link on the right-hand side of this page. A standalone executive summary is available here.
Biochar Carbon Removal Standards: A comparative assessment of the EU CRCF, ICVCM and Article 6.4
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Research theme(s)
Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)
Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)
GGR Method(s)
Biochar
Biochar
Publication type
Report
Report
Author(s)
Murali Thoppil, Natasha Martirosian, Carol Morris, Evangelos Mouchos, Catherine Price, Colin Snape, Nicoletta Brazzola, Leo Mercer, Jo House
Murali Thoppil, Natasha Martirosian, Carol Morris, Evangelos Mouchos, Catherine Price, Colin Snape, Nicoletta Brazzola, Leo Mercer, Jo House
Publication date
June 4, 2026
June 4, 2026
Publisher
CO2RE
CO2RE