INSIGHTS
Find the latest analyses, reports, consultations, and news on EU carbon dioxide removal policy.
Recent Insights
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?
1 Jul 2025 | Carbon Gap
Balancing demand incentives with climate integrity: Carbon Gap’s views on integrating carbon removals into the EU ETS
Explore how integrating carbon removal into the EU ETS can drive demand for CDR while maintaining climate integrity through strong rules, targets, and compliance mechanisms.
23 Jun 2025 | James Townsend, Francesca Battersby, Ted Christie-Miller
Growth through removals: Making greenhouse gas removals a vibrant part of the UK economy
How the UK can lead in greenhouse gas removals (GGR) — unlocking investment, jobs, and net-zero growth through innovation, procurement, and the ETS.
23 Jun 2025 | Carbon Gap
Stop to Green Claims Directive risks leaving the EU bereft of much-needed guidelines for corporate climate claims
By prolonging uncertainty on corporate climate claims, a lack of agreement would also negatively impact the scale-up of the European carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sector in the short term, given its strong reliance on purchases from the voluntary carbon market (VCM).
12 Jun 2025 | Carbon Gap
The UK forges ahead on CO₂ transport & storage infrastructure
The UK has driven forward promising policies on CDR to date, and these announcements set the tone for how momentum might be sustained over the next few years. Carbon Gap will soon publish recommendations for future CDR policymaking in the UK, and we will be closely analysing the implications of further for CDR over the coming weeks.
5 Jun 2025 | Carbon Gap
European Ocean Pact establishes useful framework, EU policy must now step in to advance marine CDR
We call on the European Commission to ensure that marine CDR — including engineered approaches — is a research priority in the next Framework Programme for R&I (FP10) and the upcoming Ocean Research & Innovation Strategy; allocate dedicated funding for early-stage mCDR RD&I under the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and ensure the development of transparent, science-based certification and MRV systems that support both nature-based and engineered marine solutions.
21 May 2025 | Carbon Gap
Open letter: 13 signatories urge for stronger inclusion of cleantech research & innovation in the EU Competitiveness Deal
13 organisations call for stronger cleantech research and innovation in the EU Competitiveness Deal. Discover key recommendations on funding, scaling innovation, and advancing carbon removal technologies.
14 May 2025 | Carbon Gap
Multiannual Financial Framework Public Consultation
Carbon Gap responds to the EU’s public consultation on the 2028–2034 EU Budget (MFF) on including carbon removal to reach scale up.