INSIGHTS
Find the latest analyses, reports, consultations, and news on EU carbon dioxide removal policy.
Recent Insights

29 May 2026 | Carbon Gap
Poland has significant carbon removal potential but urgently needs policy and infrastructure to match
Poland has significant untapped potential to deploy carbon dioxide removal (CDR) at scale. But limited development of national strategy, targets, and investment risks leaving that potential stranded.

22 May 2026 | Carbon Gap
What can we take away from the Commission's first CRCF Days?
Highlights from the European Commission's first CRCF Days (20-21 May 2026): the EU Carbon Removal Buyers' Club blueprint, permanent removals progress, and the emerging carbon farming track.

20 May 2026 | Alexander Mäkelä and Lydia Loopesko
Corporate carbon removal demand is being parked
A recent market survey of sustainability leaders points to a feeling of uncertainty policymakers will need to address to carbon removal

19 May 2026 | Alexander Mäkelä and Zisan Özdemir, Carbon Management Europe
Advancing an EU CRCF Buyers' Club
How can an EU carbon removal Buyer's Club aggregate demand, reduce transaction costs, and provide the institutional anchor needed to unlock private investment at scale.

4 May 2026 | Carbon Gap
Consultation response on national targets and flexibilities and the use of international credits
Carbon Gap's consultation response to the European Commission's call for evidence on national targets and flexibilities and the use of international credits

21 Apr 2026 | Carbon Gap
21 April | No Wasted Opportunities
Join Carbon Gap’s Brussels event on carbon removal in wastewater, concrete, and mining sectors, exploring how policy, and innovation can scale CDR and drive net-negative industry.

21 Apr 2026 | Carbon Gap
No Wasted Opportunities: Embedding Carbon Removal in the Management of Wastewater, Concrete, and Mine Waste
Co-authored with Deloitte, this report identifies wastewater management, concrete recycling, and mining waste as largely overlooked sectors that could play a critical role in scaling high-quality carbon dioxide removal across Europe.

20 Apr 2026 | Carbon Gap
20 April | Launch of Italy’s Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment Report
Join the launch of Italy’s Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment, exploring CDR potential, national strategy, and pathways to scale carbon removal in Europe.

20 Apr 2026 | Carbon Gap
Italy can reach net-zero by 2050 by scaling its CDR sector
A new Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment by Carbon Gap and B3 Carbon finds that Italy has significant potential to deploy a diversity of CDR methods to counterbalance unavoidable residual emissions but policy uncertainty and slowing climate momentum risk delaying progress at a critical moment.
