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💡 I had never thought about this as an either / or question and always assumed we can only stop global warming IF we get rid of fossil fuels. ✈️ In the latest CDR Policy Scoop, Robert Höglund and I got to go deep on the role of carbon removal in aviation and shipping. 🤔 One of the key arguments Robert makes is that our best shot at net-zero could be to focus on whatever solution has the lowest cost, e.g. CDR + regular jet fuel vs eSAF. Loved recording this one - go check it

🌍 Carbon dioxide removal is not a future phantasy. It is here today. There are hundreds of companies all around the world removing CO2 from the atmosphere day in, day out. 🇩🇪 This Thursday and Friday, I will be joining 60+ German politicians, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, and scientists as part of Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE)'s CDR Experience Tour 2025. 💚 Travelling together by bus through the West of Germany, we will be visiting CDR projects

😵‍💫 There are 29 paradoxes to be precise, and they lie at the heart of why carbon markets are struggling to scale, leading to circular conversations with no end. My favourites: 🌲BASELINE PARADOX: you get money for growing but not for protecting trees (unless someone explicitly says they will cut them down…) 🤑 ADDITIONALITY PARADOX: the more financially successful your project, the less likely it will qualify for credit revenue. 🤩 NOVELTY PARADOX: we tend to prioritise an

📊 Lots has been written about this topic lately. Personally, I like to look at the data–not the gossip. That’s why I was so excited when I saw @cdr.fyi’s incredibly timely “Direct Air Capture Market Snapshot H1 2025” come out yesterday. 😬 On the surface, it doesn’t look good: of 167 DAC companies (as per @grant faber’s latest list - see comments), only 31 have made a sale, and only 2 (!) have delivered any CDR. 🤏 Almost 2.5Mt of DAC credits have been sold to date - of whic

🫶 You know who you are. 📈 The 2025 Global Biochar Survey is now live. It’s our chance to understand how biochar is being produced, used, and scaled worldwide. The 2023 report highlighted: ◾Revenues from biochar exceeded $600M USD in 2023 (CAGR of 97% from 2021-2023) ◾ Revenues projected to grow further to nearly $3.3 Billion by 2025 ◾ The CDR markets for biochar carbon credits are thriving, the majority of biochar producers do not generate Biochar Carbon Removal (BCR) credi

🤓 I’ve always appreciated when smart people take the time to structure and share their thoughts. Increasingly, I am finding that Substack is where I find this content, particularly long-reads. 🗞️ So if you want to get beyond the TL;DR level news - for which LinkedIn is unbeatable IMO - I cannot recommend these enough: 🎩 Robert Höglund needs no introduction in this space - we have all come to know and love him through his work at CDR.fyi and Milkywire. His Marginal Carbon A

🥊 Remember that time when I went head-to-head with Martin Freimüller - aka DACman - in the CDR Policy Scoop’s inaugural SHOWDOWN debate: Biochar vs DAC? ⭐ It was such a personal highlight for me to engage with something I feel particularly passionate about - in a new, exciting format. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dG8Wkph9 😍 Sure, this debate ruffled some feathers at first. But, it clearly resonated with a lot of people too. We had over 1,000 registrations to the Linkedin l

💬 If we want to take carbon removal mainstream, we need to move hearts, not just minds. Data and reports can only go so far. Stories move people. 🔥 That’s why The Biochar Effect - a new documentary by Mathew Schmid and Leila Conners - matters. It captures the power and promise of biochar carbon removal like nothing else. How we turn waste into hope and science into storytelling. 🪨 The film explores how biochar transforms everything it touches: from agriculture to concrete,

🔥 Biochar is about to ignite 🌲 That is my resounding takeaway from a long-needed catch-up with Hannes Junginger jungiger cycling through the gorgeous autumnal Black Forest. 📈 What has changed? Years of consistent growth and deliveries seemed to have finally turned skeptics around. And newcomers to the market - buyers and investors alike - are seeing biochar carbon removal (BCR) for what it is: the most shovel-ready, reliable, mature durable CDR technology available today.

📗 Then you don’t want to miss this book launch of The Carbon Paradox, authored by the one-and-only Renat Heuberger on Monday, September 22nd from 5-8PM at Quick Eternity in Lower Manhattan. 🌍 Grab yourself a copy and join the characters on a climate fight journey covering the entire controversy from carbon credits to climate finance (link in comments). 🎙️ Eve Tamme and I will be delving into some of our favourite paradoxes from this “fiction-based on-facts” novel next mont

💬 A year ago, Eve Tamme and I thought it would be fun to jump on a livestream and nerd out about the latest developments in CDR. We had no idea that those casual conversations would turn into something that thousands of people now tune into regularly. What started as two policy wonks catching up has turned into a platform with: 🎧 38 episodes published 🧑 24 fantastic guests 🥊 2 Epic Showdown debates 🧑‍🏫 2 Scoop Schools for deep dives 🔔 And a community of 1000 subscriber

🤯 The Chinese emission trading system is a whopping 6x the size of Europe’s ETS and now covers 60% of all Chinese and 15% of global emissions. Mind-blowing. Honest admission: I knew almost nothing about the world’s biggest carbon market until I started doing my own research. It’s fascinating: ◾The ETS was launched in 2021, designed to support the national goal of peak emissions in 2030 (65% reduction vs 2005) and net-zero in 2060 ◾The ETS started with power (2021 - 5Gt - 40%

🧭 The Carbon Removal Standards Initiative (CRSI) just made it a whole lot easier. CRSI launched just over a year ago, and they’ve certainly been busy ever since. They’ve made their already awesome Policy Landscape Tool even better and it's now: 🔍 Searchable by jurisdiction, pathway, and more 🗺️ Fully navigable through an interactive map 🧰 The Policy Landscape Tool is a fantastic tool for your CDR Policy Toolbox, along with their recently launched Sectoral Integrations Map

📗 Then you don’t want to miss this book launch of The Carbon Paradox, authored by the one-and-only Renat Heuberger on Monday, September...

🤦 Time and time again, I look at a new CDR study and find myself speechless looking at cost estimates and projections for biochar carbon...

🧰  Carbon Removal Canada  just launched the Carbon Console, an incredible, free tool to stay on top of one of the world’s most promising...

🇪🇺 This week, lawmakers in the European Parliament’s environment committee submitted their amendments to the Commission’s 2040 climate...

🥰 Now powered by snuggles (and caffeine). 🌪️ It’s been a whirlwind summer. For very different reasons this time. And I’ve unlocked...

😱 Earlier this summer, the UK government sent shockwaves through the CDR-sphere, announcing it would integrate GGR (aka CDR) into the UK...

🇩🇪 As many of you know, carbon removal in Germany is a passion project of mine. I fundamentally believe that Europe’s biggest economy -...