Europe’s carbon sink is shrinking: meet the biomass and biochar innovators fighting back
29 juli 2025
12:44
With Europe’s forests soaking up to 30% less carbon than a decade ago, a new crop of startups is stepping in to step up the 'carbon sink.' From AI-optimised microbes to centuries-old solutions locking carbon away for centuries, Impact Loop takes a look at six European innovators working with biomass and biochar.
According to a recent report from the European Environment Agency, Europe’s forests and land have been found to be absorbing less carbon than expected.
The report found that the annual ‘carbon sink’ of Europe’s forests and soils in the last ten years dropped 30% from the decade before. There are a number of reasons for this, including forests ageing and soaking up less carbon, the impact of climate change on forest carbon stocks, and of course the ...