Introduction | What are Carbon Sinks | CAN-E Position Papers/Links

CAN-Europe position on sinks in the EU ETS

• May 2006: Briefing Paper - No Sinks in the EU ETS - CAN Europe
• March 2004: The Directive linking the EU greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme with the Kyoto project mechanisms. NGO briefing on negotiations with Council for a First Reading agreement (pdf)
• October 2003 letter: The proposed linking of CDM/JI with the EU emission trading system (pdf)
• July 2003 Letter to EC Commissioners: The proposed linking of CDM/JI with the EU emission trading system (pdf)
• June 2003: CAN Recommendations on Draft Consolidated Text (FCCC/SBSTA/2003/4):
  Modalities for Including Afforestation and Deforestation under Article 12
  SB18 (pdf)
• February 2003: Letter from CAN-Europe re CDM/JI and ET draft proposal (pdf)
• October 2000: CAN-Europe position paper on emissions trading in the EU

CAN International position on sinks

• CAN Position Paper on Sinks in the CDM, November 2003 (pdf)
• CAN Checklist on Sinks in the CDM, November 2003 (pdf)
• CAN Position on sinks in the CDM, June 2003 (pdf)
• CAN Position on Sinks in the CDM, CAN Submission to the UNFCCC Secretariat on Definitions and Modalities for Including Afforestation and Reforestation Activities Under Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, August 2002 (pdf)
• Issue-by-issue COP6 CAN position papers: LULUCF 2001 (pdf)
• CAN Commentary on the Chairman's Text - Elements Related to Articles 3.3 and 3.4, September 12, 2000 (pdf)

CAN Europe publications on LULUCF

• Hotspot 30 – CDM and Sinks
• Hotspot 29 – EU ETS and Sinks
• Hotspot 27 – SBSTA sinks Kyoto?
• Hotspot 26 – Addressing CDM Sinks Modalities
• Hotspot 25
• Hotspot 24 – COP 8 why plantar must be rejected?
• Hotspot 23 – CDM sinks – getting down to detail
• Hotspot 20 – new watchdogs for sinks and CDM

For more information about carbon sinks see these links:

• Sinks Section: Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending the Directive establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms
• Ten facts about carbon sinks
• Cheating the Kyoto Protocol – Loopholes and Environmental Effectiveness.
• The Kyoto Loopholes