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… U pc om in g le ct ur e At te nd an ce is fr ee ! 20 FEBRUARY 2025 4:00 – 5:30 PM FACULTY OF LAW AND ONLINE REGISTER WITH THE QR CODE! MELITA CAREVIĆ THE EU'S PATH TO CLIMATE NEUTRALITY AND THE ROLE OF CARBON REMOVALS STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: LEGAL PERSPECTIVES ON GREENING EUROPE Abstract The EU's climate neutrality target, which requires … levels, has become legally binding with the adoption of the European Climate Law. The EU relies on the use of natural and artificial carbon sinks in order to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions that will continue to take place on its territory and thereby achieve its climate neutrality target by 2050 at the latest. Carbon removals play a critical role in this process, encompassing natural solutions like afforestation and wetlands restoration, as well as innovative technologies such as carbon … Union’s long-term neutrality goal. Bio Melita Carević (LL.M. Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ph.D. Zagreb) is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “EU Global Leadership in the Rule of Law”, where she teaches European Public Law, EU Internal Market Law and EU Climate Change Law at the graduate level as well as EU Internal Market Law and EU Competition Law at the post-graduate level. She is also the holder of the Jean Monnet Module “Climate …