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📝 They should. These three institutions are writing the rules for our sector, including what role removals play in the EU ETS, arguably the hottest file in Brussels right now. 🤓 If you know who to talk to and when, you get a say in those rules. 🔎 DECODE is my free six-day email course on EU CDR policy. Over 1,000 people have taken it. 📨 Lesson 1 goes out when you sign up: https://lnkd.in/e4ViTbMC

👀 As expected, the EU Parliament's Rapporteur on the Emission Trading System Revision Peter Liese is pushing for significant changes to the Commission's proposal. A Contexte leak of the [soon to be published] draft shows how far Liese wants to go: ➡️ Start date in 2029 instead of 2031 ➡️ Biochar added to the eligible pathways alongside DACCS and BioCCS with a 20% cap ➡️ [Uncapped] additional allowances to be auctioned to cover a potential price gap ✅ And much more. This is v

💡 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