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📥 Just a few minutes ago, the EU Parliament voted (379 Yes, 248 No, 10 abstentions) to adopt its position on the EU 2040 Target. 🎯Despite attempts by the right to water down the target to 83% – which was thankfully voted down and averted – it’s almost identical to the Council’s position from last week: 90% overall target, 5% international credits, up to 5% additional international credits at member state level, and a review clause every two years. 🌍 A notable difference, h

🇩🇪 Today is the big day: a long time in the making, the German Bundestag finally amended its 2012 law which effectively banned the storage of CO2 (KSpG) with a new law allowing storage, but also transport of CO2 (KSpTG). 🚛 This is huge news, as it creates the foundation for Germany’s ambitious plans to become a leader in carbon management - CCS, CCU, and CDR - and also a key CO2 transit country in Europe. 🏗️ It also attached “overriding public interest” to the constructio

🚌 60 passionate individuals, 2 days, 300 kilometres, 5 CDR projects, 1 bus. What a blast! 😍 Hands down my favourite CDR event ever. See it to believe it. 👀 To be repeated by Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE) in 2026!

🔄 No surprises here: I’ve been a passionate advocate for the inclusion of carbon removals into the EU’s Emission Trading System (and other ETSs around the world). 🤝 There is another way, though. One which I have personally barely covered and which could prove to be much more effective in scaling this much-needed CDR industry: a removal compliance system. 📑 Carbon Gap is unveiling its new report next week, examining a different path to drive long-term demand for permanent c

⭐ Few countries have understood CDR as well as Switzerland. And some of its brightest civil servants have spent years designing cutting-edge CDR policy. 😍 Alongside my colleagues at @carbonfuture, we went deep into the topic and distilled everything you need to know into a beautiful, shareable policy brief.  🏆 Switzerland has created what most countries still lack: a clear, funded, and internationally connected framework for carbon removal. 👀 Check out the carousel for som

🤩 We’re taking CDR Policy Scoop’s epic SHOWDOWN debates to new heights in this industry-first hybrid format on stage and streamed live....

🤔 There seems to be broad optimism for CDR in the 2030s: compliance markets (e.g. EU ETS) will kick in and take the industry to the next...

😮 Today, the government officially finalised its ministerial set-up. Big news for carbon removal: for the first time, CDR will get a...

💶 Momentum has been building for months in Europe's biggest economy. Today, another major breakthrough: money on the table! The details:...

🇪🇺 A stable and healthy land carbon sink is crucial for the EU to meet its climate mitigation obligations. It currently compensates...

🤓 The next Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (hashtag#CRCF) Expert Group meeting is taking place on Thursday, 10th of July from 10:30 -...

🤷‍♂️ When you think you’ve seen it all, there comes another curveball. 🇪🇺 The European Commission is considering introducing...

Have you been following the latest developments in Europe’s biggest economy? Here my top highlights: 💶 CDR will soon have its own line...

🎯 On July 2nd, the European Commission will reveal its proposal for the EU’s 2040 Climate Target. This is arguably the most important...

🇪🇺 It is too early to pick winners! Europe will only be able to achieve net-zero if it can leverage a wide range of durable carbon...

📄 Just one of the many findings of the “2024 Biochar Market Report” which just dropped, now in its fourth edition. 🪨 The fundamental...

Do you want to know: ⚡ Who holds power in EU policy development 🗝️ Where your key opportunities are for influence ✒️ And how to make an...

🛑 Just a week ago, I shared how the German government and the conservative EPP group in Parliament put the brakes on the GCD...

💬 The European Commission is currently consulting on the future of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) – and whether, how, and WHICH...

😮 One of Europe’s most promising climate regulations has been put on ice just before the finish line, what happened? 🇪🇺 On June 10th,...