The state of carbon dioxide removal (#cdr) policy in Europe.

Over the last 4 months, we at Carbonfuture (with the help of Alexis Dunand) carried out wide-ranging research on where CDR policy in Europe is at. We looked at all 27 EU member states + 4 non-EU states: 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇸 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧

I´ll be sharing various maps summarising this research alongside analysis over the coming weeks. Starting today: where is CDR at in Europe?

🚀 Three countries, the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, Switzerland🇨🇭, and Denmark 🇩🇰 are clearly leading the way with advanced policy frameworks to support the development of CDR. Interestingly, two out of these three countries are not members of the EU.

🔎 The EU powerhouses Germany 🇩🇪, France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, and Italy 🇮🇹 are all squarely in midfield, with some early considerations of CDR but still a lot of room for growth. Leadership by one of these will be critical to move the needle in the 🇪🇺 - given recent developments, I´ve got my bet on 🇩🇪.

💪 The countries to watch within the EU - beyond trailblazer 🇩🇰 - are Sweden 🇸🇪, Finland 🇫🇮, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Portugal 🇵🇹, all of whom have recognised the huge potential of CDR and have advanced ambitious CDR policy to foster the growth of the industry.

💡There seems to be a clear West/East divide on CDR. Eastern European states have almost all (Croatia 🇭🇷 being the exception) not gone beyond putting in place the bare minimum policy frameworks. This represents a huge opportunity, given the economic benefits that the development of CDR could bring to these countries.

Does this resonate with your experiences across Europe? Where do you see the biggest potential?

📣 Watch this space for more maps and analysis 📣

The underlying raw data will also all be open-sourced within Q1.