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5 Mar 2025 | Carbon Gap
Open Letter - Green Claims Directive: safeguarding credible climate claims while driving demand for permanent carbon removals
Carbon Gap calls on EU negotiators to ensure that the Green Claims Directive enables private investments in permanent carbon removal

21 Feb 2025 | Carbon Gap
The EU’s leading climate advisory body recommends bold steps for carbon removal deployment in Europe: here’s what you need to know
Discover key recommendations from the EU’s climate advisory body on scaling carbon removal. Learn how targets, funding, infrastructure, and market frameworks can accelerate CDR deployment in Europe.

8 Jan 2025 | Allix Baxter and Anna Costova
Why Europe needs separate targets for emissions reductions and carbon removals
Learn why Europe needs separate 2040 targets for emissions reductions and carbon removal. Clear milestones are key to scaling CDR, ensuring climate integrity, and reaching net-zero by 2050.

18 Dec 2024 | Carbon Gap
Environment Council debate on 2040 targets: France calls for separate targets for CDR
This week's Environment Council meeting saw increasing recognition for the role of carbon removal in the EU’s climate framework among member states.

14 Nov 2024 | Carbon Gap
MEPs urge for the inclusion of separate and high-integrity carbon removal targets in COP29 resolution
As COP29 kicks off, today the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging all parties to follow through with Paris Agreement commitments, notably adopting “concrete targets and policies” to achieve these goals.

28 Oct 2024 | Carbon Gap
Open letter: 45 signatories call to adopt key carbon removal policies in next EU mandate
45 signatories sign an open letter to Commissioner-designate Hoekstra calling for the adoption of key carbon removal policies in next EU mandate

16 Sept 2024 | Carbon Gap
Carbon Gap to facilitate SBTi workshops on the role of CDR in companies’ net-zero transitions
Carbon Gap is facilitating several SBTi workshops to discuss the role of carbon removal in the Corporate Net-Zero Standards

5 Sept 2024 | Carbon Gap
Integrating GGRs in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Carbon Gap’s response
Carbon Gap's comments on the UK's recent consultation on the ETS.

30 Jul 2024 | Carbon Gap
Pathways for carbon dioxide removal in the European Green Deal
Summary of event on possible routes to incorporate CDR into the European Green Deal