Carbon Gap urges EU policy to scale nature-based carbon removals

Carbon Gap has called for new EU compliance policies to scale nature-based carbon dioxide removals (nbCDR), arguing the voluntary carbon market (VCM) alone cannot meet Europe's net-zero targets. The organisation highlighted that Europe's land carbon sink faces increasing risks from climate change and unsustainable management, despite nbCDR methods like reforestation already delivering 2.2 GtCO2/yr globally. While voluntary initiatives are crucial for investment, Carbon Gap stated that VCM demand shows signs of saturation and lacks the long-term scalability required. It proposes a compliance instrument, similar to the EU ETS for fossil emissions, to incentivise secondary sectors to compensate for their impact on the land sink.

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