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No Wasted Opportunities: Embedding Carbon Removal in the Management of Wastewater, Concrete, and Mine Waste
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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 April | Launch of Italy’s Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment Report
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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.

Italy can reach net-zero by 2050 by scaling its CDR sector
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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.

How Spain can lead Europe's carbon removal future
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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

Microsoft may pause, the market problem is elsewhere
ArticleDriving demand

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.

The Biogenic Balance: Characterising emissions, matching removals and mapping EU policies
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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.

Characterising emissions, matching removals and mapping EU policies
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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.

Separating carbon cartons: Different eggs go in different baskets
ArticleOur thinking

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.

Applying the Like-for-Like principle requires a growth of temporary removals
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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.