Carbon Gap, an independent non-profit organisation focused exclusively on European carbon dioxide removal (CDR) policy, has launched a free, open-access digital toolkit designed to enable nations to calculate their realistic domestic carbon removal potential.
The toolkit has been published on the newly established Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment (CRRA) website alongside all previously published national assessments. Developed over two years in collaboration with local research partners across seven European countries, the underlying methodology bridges a critical policy gap in global net-zero planning, where many governments lack empirical data regarding domestic removal capacity, optimal technology selection, and necessary regulatory frameworks.
The assessment framework evaluates a nation’s baseline physical resources—including available land, renewable energy, mineral deposits, and geological storage capacity—and stress-tests these metrics against national policy frameworks, commercial constraints, and public perception to generate realistic deployment scenarios.
The open-access platform provides a comprehensive suite of resources for independent national evaluation:
- Methodological guidance: Step-by-step implementation manuals covering project timelines, resource allocation, staffing models, and budget requirements.
- Reporting frameworks: Standardised templates for generating technical baseline reports and national CDR strategic roadmaps.
- Stakeholder engagement tools: Structured interview guides and workshop materials designed for expert consultations and public citizen panels.
- Methodology taxonomy and database: A detailed taxonomy of carbon removal methods and resource requirement databases developed in partnership with RMI.
- Resource optimisation model: A computational tool designed to model the efficient distribution of national resources across competing carbon removal technologies.
Sylvain Delerce, Chief Scientist at Carbon Gap, stated that after refining the assessment methodology across individual European markets over the past two years, releasing the open-access toolkit allows any government, academic institution, or civil society organisation to independently determine a credible carbon removal pathway.
Carbon Gap confirmed it will present the toolkit to international delegations at the Think Negative Pavilion during the COP31 UN climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, running from 9 to 20 November.
