This document serves as an informational pre-read for the workshop Perspectives on a Purchasing Programme for CRCF Permanent Carbon Removal Credits that took place on 21 May 2025 in Brussels, hosted by DG CLIMA. The information in this pre-read synthesises the preliminary findings of an under-development study being prepared for DG CLIMA titled "An EU purchasing programme for permanent carbon removals: Assessment of policy options and recommendations for short-term policy design".

This work is part of a project for the European Commission's DG CLIMA entitled "Strategy for the Financing of Permanent Carbon Removals", running from September 2024 until August 2025. Ramboll Management Consulting (Belgium) leads the project, in collaboration with Ecologic Institute, with additional inputs from Carbon Counts, Climate & Company, and CE Delft.