b'FLUXES The European Greenhouse Gas BulletinAlongside this, MRV is key to the EUs Carbon Removal Certification Framework. This legislation, which was agreed by the European Parliament and EU countries in spring 2024, aims to verify the carbon removals and emissions reductions achieved in the land use sector by individual actors. To provide a clear incentive in an otherwise unregulated carbon market, it is crucial to know when and where the carbon removal is certified. This avoids double counting and the double claiming of benefits. Because of this, the certification process also needs to build upon a foundation of geographic information, supplemented by ground data such as from the ICOS network. To 2030 and beyondWith 2030 already on the horizon, it is crucial that EU countries roll out MRV enhancements within the next two to three years to properly track the imple-mentation of policies.In the past, similar transitions into using digital geographic data and remote sensing technology have been rolled out in a comparable time frame. For example, two decades ago, the Common Agricultural Policy went through a similar transformation in the space of a few years. The benefits of that transition in terms of the improvements in the way farmers received subsidies made it a tremendous step forward. However, achieving such a paradigm shift requires EU countries, the European Environment Agency and other organisations to work together. In the run up to 2040 the improved data gathered will help inform new policy decisions. By 2040, the EU could target a 90% net emissions reduction, as suggested in the Commissions recent 2040 commu-nication. The European Commissions analysis envisions that emissions reductions and removals in land and agriculture will become more significant towards 2050 - partly because other sectors emissions will have decreased, and the EU will need to maintain or increase removals.Altogether, the next two decades will be signifi-cant for policy implementation across the land sector, and this will need to be monitored with improved, collaborative techniques to help tackle the climate crisis.'