The EU and UK have taken different routes to boost permanent carbon removals: the EU focused first on supply integrity by creating its crediting framework, CRCF, while the UK prioritised demand by committing early to ETS integration. Now their paths are converging, with the EU signalling ETS integration and the UK finalising certification rules, both aiming to scale permanent removals to meet net-zero. Both jurisdictions are also exploring near-term measures to stimulate investment: the EU is assessing options for an EU-wide purchasing programme, while the UK has committed to its GGR Business Model. Although at different stages – the EU still evaluating, the UK already implementing – the direction of travel is aligned. As the UK and EU ETS are gearing up to connect, how removals are accounted, traded, and recognised across jurisdictions is set to become an important topic in the upcoming linking negotiations