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✅ Yes, it is starting to be, finally! But some approaches more than others. 🇨🇭 That is my main takeaway from Zurich Climate Week and the Financing CDR Summit hosted by Carbonfuture, SIX, and Google. 🤔 Until now, most financing for durable CDR has come from venture capital. This works well for some approaches, especially tech heavy, high-risk, high-reward ones such as DACCS. But it has clear limitations: it cannot pay for large-scale projects and did barely touch more matur

🇨🇭 The Swiss government is undoubtedly leading - globally - on climate collaboration under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, having signed >15 bilateral agreements already. 🤝 This includes the first ever durable CDR Article 6 transaction with Norway. Today, in Climate Week Zurich, the Swiss and Norwegian governments are sharing their learnings and announcing some exciting news. 🎙️ Eve Tamme and I are on the ground in Zurich today recording a special episode of the CDR Pol

☂️ Just over a year ago, I brought together most of the world’s leading CDR companies from the Global South under the umbrella of the The Global South Carbon Dioxide Removal Coalition (GS CDR) CDR coalition. 💪 The premise was simple: the Global South is uniquely positioned to deliver the majority of high quality removals - in fact, it already is! Yet access to compliance markets in the Global North was far from certain. 🎯 Little did we know that our work was so quickly goi

🙈 We had a technical glitch last time around that shall not be named, so we're switching platforms. Come find us on our Youtube channel - and subscribe while you're at it! 🤔 Corresponding Adjustments: Necessary or Overkill? 🔥 This one has been sitting at the top of my list for a while. It sits right at the fault line between carbon market integrity and real-world finance. 🌐 In the “Necessary” Corner: Olga Gassan-zade, former chair of the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.4 Supe

🇦🇺 Australia's biochar potential is bigger than most people realise. 📊 When Andrew Lenton at CSIRO - Australia’s science agency - ran the numbers for the first national CDR roadmap, biochar came out stronger than expected. 🔥 In Australia, over 50 million tonnes of biomass residues are currently burned, landfilled, or wasted every year. Post-cyclone timber in the north. Invasive mesquite spreading across Western Australia. Bushfire-damaged wood across the country. 🪨 Unsur

🙅 Growing up, any mention of nuclear at the dinner table would lead to prolonged tirades and to this day I avoid talking about it in family circles. 📗 The Greenpeace Magazine - which I reliably read cover to cover every month for 15 years - would provide story after story of how nuclear energy was contaminating the earth for generations. 🍄 Even when collecting mushrooms in the pristine forests of my Alpine hometown, I would be reminded to avoid certain delicious mushrooms

⭐ In fact, when it comes to CDR in carbon pricing systems, quality > size every time. 📊 Having analysed the 17 most high potential compliance markets, I recently argued that CDR eligibility alone tells us little about actual market potential - see comments. 👉 Today, I want to draw attention to another factor: size. 🏭 Let’s take two extremes to illustrate the point: China’s emissions trading system (ETS) is - by far - the biggest in the world, covering almost 8Gt or 15% of

📍 Guess where I was - win 1 ton of carbon removal 🌍 Where was this picture taken? Hint: it might involve what I like to call 'black gold'. 🎥 I’ve been busy last week, shooting some incredible material with Carbonfuture and one of our partners. 👇 Put your guess in the comments. Whoever gets closest to the exact location (not just country 😉) receives one ton of carbon dioxide removal from the CDR company we were shooting with. ⌛ Guesses close Tuesday midday CEST. 👀 And

😍 Finalmente! The Italian CDR ecosystem is mobilising with two exciting events in April: 1️⃣ 14 APRIL IN PADOVA: The launch of the Rete Italiana Rimozione Carbonio (RIRC) , in collaboration with the Negative Emissions Platform . Science, policy, startups, and opportunity - all in one afternoon. After the event, there will also be a traditional aperitivo and dinner. 📍 Scuola della Carità from 15:00–18:00 🔗 Register: https://luma.com/oc2kvtaf 2️⃣ 20 APRIL IN ROME: The lau

😐 Honest admission: I knew/know almost nothing about LTSs. In fact, I barely hear anyone talk about them. One exception is Harry Smith PhD , who actually wrote a full PhD about it. Here are a few things I learnt in our CDR Policy Scoop with Harry: 🎯 Residual emissions in government plans are double what the CDR community assumes. We often talk about 5-15%. In LTSs, they are often more than double this. An even bigger issue: only 26 countries actually quantified their res

💬 Barely a week passes in which I don't hear something along the lines of "CDR is about to take off, country X already integrated it". ❎ As I am sure you know, I also believe that compliance markets are the future for CDR. But I also think that looking at ELIGIBILITY is not sufficient. 💰 Eligibility is just the first gate. Whether any meaningful market for CDR will actually emerge depends on a second, arguably more important factor: PRICE. 👇 Here is what I did: below you c

💡 The question is when, not if, China will become a - or the - global leader in carbon removals. 🤩 I remain puzzled how little is reported about the status quo and potential. As such, I was thrilled to see this study by Han et al (2026) which looks at the potential of retrofitting China’s existing biomass plants (N = 426) with pyrolysis units for residual biomass only. 📈 What did it find? Up to 30Mt of carbon removal per year through BCR could be done through retrofitting

😮 Prime Minister Mark Carney published a letter in support of carbon removals to mark the occasion of Carbon Removal day in Canada. 💚 We at the CDR Policy Scoop had the honour of having Senator Colin Deacon 🇨🇦🇺🇦 on, who is living proof for why everyone in CDR is so excited about Canada: it is rare to get a policy maker with this level of expertise, coupled with genuine enthusiasm, and clear communication. 😍 Enjoy this episode! 🎬 Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/e9U

🪓 Are you following how Italy is trying to break Europe’s most successful climate policy? 🫣 As an Italian myself, this is not easy to write. But it is necessary. 🏭 Here is how: under Article 6 of the just passed €3b “Decreto Bollete”, the Italian government would reimburse gas-fired power plants for the exact costs linked to ETS compliance. 📉 Without touching the ETS itself, Italy's move, if approved or replicated, could become a template that structurally undermines the

🐻 Since 2021, Senator Becker has been pushing CDR one bill at a time in California. 💚 At the CDR Policy Scoop , we had the honour of hosting him for a fascinating conversation. 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/dbfPQgKH ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dyMCsC79 Enjoy!

💚 The European Emission Trading System (EU ETS) might well be the most effective decarbonisation policy humanity has ever created: it has lowered emissions of industrial facilities in the EU by around 50% in 20 years and saving an estimated 2Gt already! 🇪🇺 And we are just getting started! But the whole premise of the ETS is that the cost of emitting a ton of CO2 will keep increasing, as free allowances and the so-called cap decrease. 💶 The ETS is also currently generating

🛑 The tender has now closed. 🤨 There are now two bids on the table after all, with one more coming in at the last minute. Still far from the competitive, landmark programme it was meant to be. 🏛️ But the REAL story is why most projects walked away, and what that says about how we design public funding for CCS and CDR. 🎙️ So Eve Tamme and I recorded a quick CDR Policy Scoop to get the inside scoop with Jannick Buhl from Danish District Heating Association . We unpac

🏠 Exactly 70 years ago, Cortina d’Ampezzo hosted the Winter Olympics. My grandparents - Argia and Piero - seized the opportunity, borrowed money from friends and family, and built Villa Belvedere. 🗺️ Nowadays, I run this family business together with my mother (yes, I have a life beyond CDR), and three generations live in this house. The Olympics put the beautiful Dolomites on the global map, and until today we all benefit from the boom that it brought. Today, the Olympics

🤩 Later today, policymakers, researchers, founders, industry leaders, and NGOs are gathering to unpack what it will really take to scale carbon removal in Germany at the launch of Carbon Gap ’s Germany's Carbon Removal Readiness Assessment Report. 🎙️ At the CDR Policy Scoop , we are excited to release our very first country special on Germany to answer the big question: Will Germany turn ambition into deployment fast enough? 🔐 Tune in for a clear look at Germany’s progr

🇺🇲 He has been pioneering CDR before it was cool. And if anywhere is going to scale carbon removal in the U.S., my bet is still on California. ✅ If it were a country, t would be the 4th largest economy in the world. ✅ It has a 2045 net-zero target. ✅ And crucially, it has actually quantified the need: 75 Mt of removals by 2045. 🏛️ Sure, last year’s veto by governor Newsom of the $50M state procurement program hurt. But behind the scenes, something more structural (and argu