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25 Nov 2025 | Allix Baxter
Visibility for carbon removal at COP30: limited progress, rising momentum
CDR was not a big-ticket item at COP 30 this year, but still there were some notable events worth mentioning. We look at what came out of the event and what it could mean going forward
13 Oct 2025 | Carbon Gap
Joint stakeholder proposal on biochar carbon removal in the CRCF
A joint proposal on biochar carbon removal outlines robust standards for the EU CRCF, focusing on permanence, sustainability, and credible carbon accounting to support high-quality CDR.
17 Sept 2025
Divide to Deliver: Technical Analysis
Why 2040 separate targets for carbon removal are feasible and necessary to reach EU net-zero.
15 Sept 2025 | Carbon Gap
Feedback to the public consultation on the European Climate Law amendment
We support the 90% emissions reduction target for 2040 in the revised European Climate Law, but recommend three policy actions
15 Sept 2025 | Carbon Gap
02 October | Target Practice: How much carbon removal for the EU?
How much should EU and Member States contribute to global carbon removal efforts? Join the conversation and decide for yourself
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.
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?
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.