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Recent Insights
22 Sept 2025 | Allix Baxter
Harnessing the Ocean: Marine CDR is an opportunity for EU climate action
Explore how marine carbon removal can support EU climate goals. Learn about mCDR technologies, Europe’s potential, and why investment, and research are key to scaling ocean-based solutions.
8 Sept 2025 | Eloisa Viloria
The MFF, the ECF, and FP10: Decoding the EU’s budget plans and what they mean for CDR
What do the EU’s MFF, Competitiveness Fund, and FP10 mean for carbon removal? Explore funding opportunities, risks, and why stronger support is needed to scale CDR in Europe.
22 Aug 2025 | Francesca Battersby
CDR in the ETS: ET'S all about encouraging emissions reductions and greenhouse gas removals
Explore how integrating carbon removal into emissions trading can drive demand while safeguarding climate integrity, with insights from the UK ETS approach and EU policy debates.
20 Aug 2025 | Carbon Gap
Carbon Removal Readiness Assessments underway in Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain
Explore Carbon Gap’s Carbon Removal Readiness Assessments across Europe, mapping CDR potential, policy gaps, and pathways to scale carbon removal at national level.
15 Jul 2025 | Rozarah Glenane
CDR on the Rise: Horizon Europe fuels EU investment, but net-zero demands more
Horizon Europe is increasing investment in carbon removal, but funding gaps remain. Explore how EU support for CDR is evolving and what’s needed to scale technologies for net-zero.
14 May 2025 | Eloisa Viloria
One shot. One Budget. Will the EU bet on carbon removal?
Will the EU’s next long-term budget back carbon removal? Explore why the Multiannual Financial Framework is key to funding CDR innovation, scaling technologies, and securing Europe’s net-zero competitiveness.
24 Apr 2025 | Matteo Guidi and Thibault Aubert
How the EU Green Claims Directive can fix corporate climate claims and drive demand for high-quality carbon removal
The Green Claims Directive must enshrine three principles to ensure transparent and credible climate claims. With trilogue negotiations on the Green Claims Directive underway, the EU has a unique chance to tackle both problems at once.
24 Apr 2025 | Carbon Gap and Negative Emissions Platform
Charting the path forward: Exploring compliance policy options for CDR in the EU
Explore EU policy options for scaling carbon removal through compliance mechanisms like ETS integration, removal trading schemes, and carbon takeback obligations, ensuring demand, integrity, and net-zero progress.
24 Mar 2025 | Anna Costova
Carbon dioxide removal takes centre stage for a week at the European Parliament
Carbon removal takes centre stage at the European Parliament, highlighting the need for clear policy frameworks, funding, and market incentives to scale CDR across Europe.