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

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.

13 Aug 2025 | Carbon Gap
14-15 October | The CDR France Days are back for their 2025 edition
The CDR France days are back for their 2025 edition. Join this two-day event and contribute to France's climate strategy.

7 Aug 2025 | Francesca Battersby
Milestones ahead
The UK consultation response on integrating GGRs into the ETS was a big moment for creating a robust compliance market.

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.

10 Jul 2025 | Carbon Gap
Four recommendations for the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act
The IDAA poses a key opportunity for scaling carbon removal and building the key climate industry to reach climate goals

9 Jul 2025 | Eloisa Viloria
Evaluating the Innovation Fund
Evaluating the Innovation Fund: The EU Innovation Fund is one of Europe’s biggest climate funding mechanisms, yet it risks missing the mark when it comes to carbon dioxide removal

8 Jul 2025 | Carbon Gap
63 organisations urge the commission to maintain a horizontal spending target in the post‑2027 MFF
63 organisations call on the EU to maintain a climate spending target in the next budget, ensuring sustained investment in clean technologies and Europe’s net-zero transition.

2 Jul 2025 | Rodica Avornic and Allix Baxter
Divide to Deliver: Policy Brief
We model three scenarios of how separate targets for CDR and emissions reductions can scale and develop.

2 Jul 2025 | Carbon Gap
No targets, no clarity: EU’s flexibility pursuit leaves carbon removals in a limbo
In the name of political flexibility, the proposed European Climate Law leaves a critical question unanswered: How much must come from actual emissions cuts, permanent carbon removals, and land-based sinks?
