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

21 Apr 2026 | Carbon Gap
No Wasted Opportunities: Embedding Carbon Removal in the Management of Wastewater, Concrete, and Mine Waste
Co-authored with Deloitte, this report identifies wastewater management, concrete recycling, and mining waste as largely overlooked sectors that could play a critical role in scaling high-quality carbon dioxide removal across Europe.

20 Apr 2026 | Carbon Gap
20 April | Launch of Italy’s Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment Report
Join the launch of Italy’s Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment, exploring CDR potential, national strategy, and pathways to scale carbon removal in Europe.

20 Apr 2026 | Carbon Gap
Italy can reach net-zero by 2050 by scaling its CDR sector
A new Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment by Carbon Gap and B3 Carbon finds that Italy has significant potential to deploy a diversity of CDR methods to counterbalance unavoidable residual emissions but policy uncertainty and slowing climate momentum risk delaying progress at a critical moment.

15 Apr 2026
How Spain can lead Europe's carbon removal future
Martina Massei dives into our recent Spain Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment report and roadmap

14 Apr 2026 | Alexander Mäkelä
Microsoft may pause, the market problem is elsewhere
Microsoft may pause purchase of carbon removal credits, but what should the CDR market do next? Alex Mäkelä shares his take on the news.

2 Apr 2026 | Allix Baxter and Sylvain Delerce
The Biogenic Balance: Characterising emissions, matching removals and mapping EU policies
A new paper from Carbon Gap explores biogenic emissions. Our analysis shows that anthropogenic biogenic emissions are currently roughly 9 times greater than temporary nature-based removals globally.

2 Apr 2026
Characterising emissions, matching removals and mapping EU policies
A new paper from Carbon Gap explores biogenic emissions and the Like-for-Like principle for achieving durable net-zero.

31 Mar 2026 | Lydia Loopesko
Separating carbon cartons: Different eggs go in different baskets
Lydia Loopesko looks back at our fireside chat on applying the Like-for-Like principle to carbon removals.

26 Mar 2026 | Allix Baxter
Applying the Like-for-Like principle requires a growth of temporary removals
Our latest blog from Allix Baxter, Data Analyst, explores what is needed to apply the Like-for-Like principle, including temporary removals.
