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🙅 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

🤨 I recently found out that 9 out of 10 pre-qualified entities withdrew their applications from this much praised fund, leaving a single contender for what is supposed to be a competitive, landmark fund. 🔎 So I dug deeper, and what I found provides really useful lessons for how we need to structure government funding for fairly novel technologies like CCS and CDR. 💰 Back to the start: the Danish government created a 28.7bn Danish Krona fund (€3.9bn) with the objective of c

Zero.  💬 I spent the last few days watching most of the special addresses given at the 2026 World Economic Forum: Trump, Carney, Merz, von der Leyen, Zelenski, and Macron.  🌡️ These speeches give a fascinating insight into what truly matters to the political elite today. What stood out to me: in almost four hours of speaking time, not ONCE did any of them mention climate change or global warming. 📑 This stands in stark contrast with the WEF’s own 2026 Global Risks Report,

🧐 Yesterday, I shared how the energy transition looks unstoppable, and all the incredible data from  Nat Bullard  to prove it. At the same time, it is a hard fact that the world will take years, maybe decades to wean itself off fossil fuels. 💡 If we’re going to burn oil anyway in the short to medium term, the difference between high-leakage, high-intensity barrels and cleaner ones is real climate damage avoided. 🔴 The common approach in the climate bubble is to dismiss any

Finally!  📣  The Guardian , a mainstream media outlet historically skeptical on the topic of geoengineering, has published four op-eds in the last month, all calling for a drastic change in our approach to geoengineering. 🌍 I was glad to see this editorial decision. The more I learn about the topic, the more I believe the current stigma around it is not serving humanity well. 🔬 No one here is arguing we should deploy commercial scale geoengineering today. All these authors

😱 The Joe Rogan Show is the world’s most listened to podcast. On average, each episode reaches 10-20 million people.  🔬 While we are busy infighting within the climate bubble, arguing whether CCS or CDR is a scam or a much needed climate solution, the world outside is destroying the very foundation our work is built on: science. 🔨 Over the break, I spent hours listening to hugely popular podcasts way outside of my bubble. Over and over again, I encountered a diminishing i