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✉️ Gates' letter "Three Hard Truths About Climate Change" is certainly making the rounds in my circles. I have some important observations: 👎 Climate and aid budgets are NOT zero sum. Between 2015 and 2024, aid grew 60% ($132B → $212B). In the same period, total global investment in climate solutions more than doubled, from roughly $600B to over $1,300B a year. Pitting the two against each other is not just unhelpful, it is unfounded. 🌎 Tipping points matter. Gates assumes

⏳ The countdown is on: 14 days to COP30 in Belem, Brazil. This COP is shaping up to be a game changer for carbon removal. Under the umbrella of CDR30: The Global CDR Initiative at COP30, carbon removal will have its own Pavillion in the blue zone for the first time! 🤝 Now that Article 6 is operational since last year’s COP29 in Baku, our focus is shifting from negotiations to deals and announcements. Will we see any major commitments by governments around the world? 🎙️ To g

🤯 Still reeling from my short and intense trip to London, where I attended Carbon Unbound Europe and got to catch up with all my favourite UK CDR policy experts. 💚 The timing couldn’t be better: Dr Alan Whitehead released his long-awaited independent GGR (=CDR) Review today! Almost 200 pages based on hundreds of stakeholder interviews, workshops, and written consultations. So where is the UK at? Reasons to be bullish: 💪 The government has real muscle: The UK already has th

😀 First time travelling now as a dad in order to attend @ Carbon Unbound Europe in London Tuesday and Wednesday, October 21-22nd. But it will be worth it as there’s lots of exciting things in store. 🥊 First off I’m so excited to moderate CDR Policy Scoop’s first-ever hybrid format on stage and streamed live SHOWDOWN debate: Voluntary vs Compliance Markets – What will get us to scale first with TITO JANKOWSKI - AIRMINER and Eve Tamme taking respective corners. 🎥 Have FOMO?