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💡 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

👀 On International Women’s Day ( #IWD2026 ), let’s celebrate the amazing trail-blazers of our industry. 👩‍💻 CEOs Aurélie Gonzalez Bilha Ndirangu Marta Krupinska Marta Sjögren Mónica Larrazábal Álvarez-Guerra Laura Fritsch, PhD Maddi Erdall Mary Yap Vida Gabriel (Ph.D) Shilpika (Shilps) Gautam 👩‍💻 POLICY Eve Tamme Alexia Kelly Anu Khan Olga Gassan-zade Giana Amador Julie GOSALVEZ Nadine Saken-Walsh Rodica Avornic Erin Burns Ugbaad Kosar 👩‍🔬 SCIENCE Gabrielle Walker Dr.

😮 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

📈 Love it or hate it, but humanity is flying more and more. The sector is growing at 3-4% a year and it’s been estimated that 2 billion annual journeys today will become 10 billion by 2050, with emissions more than doubling to over 2Gt.  🎯 Thankfully, aviation has a collective, global net-zero target for 2050. According to IATA, the plan is to achieve this by primarily focusing on sustainable aviation fuel to do around 65% of the job. Technology innovation will reduce a fur

Europe’s flagship climate policy - the EU ETS - has come under heavy attack lately. Its cost on carbon is seen as unsustainable and unfair to European industry. ⚠️ As a result, member states are asking for changes, delays, and even suspension. 🤔 But could CDR be a solution here? 📈 First, let’s start with the status quo: the cost of carbon in the ETS is going to increase - by design: estimates put it at around €150/t in 2030, €200/t in 2035, €270/t in 2040 and >€600/t in 205

😅 For the past year, policy news coming out of the U.S. have been confusing at best. Whenever I tried to figure out what was going on, I ended up with more questions than answers. No more. 🤩 Over the last week, two podcasts were released with the same objective: clearing the air. First, the Carbon Curve featured  Giana Amador ,  Erin Burns , and  Peter Minor  for a round-table. Then - great minds think alike - we at the  CDR Policy Scoop  released an episode with Professor 

🪓 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

🎬 Picture this:  Diego Justiniano  and I are shooting a scene in the Amazon: it is loud, it is noisy, it is hot, it is humid, and thousands of insects/mosquitos are hovering around us.  🪨 Yet there is no better place to tell the story of this black gold called biochar. 💚 In my wildest dreams I would never have imagined that this short-film would be seen by so many people. What makes me particularly happy? Over 45,000 of these views came through Youtube recommendations, so

🤔 Clearly the current system is not working. But what needs fixing? And how exactly do we go about it? 👀 Check out our latest  CDR Policy Scoop  episode with  Robert Höglund  to find out more about his proposal for conditional net-zero targets:  ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eh_fJQy5 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eDWU7xG5

🐻 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!

👀 Did you watch U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s address at the Munich Security Conference?  🤷‍♂️ So apparently we are all part of a cult - I had no idea. 🔦 As a reminder, a cult is a social group organized around a particular leader, belief system, or ideology that is often considered unconventional, highly controlling, or outside mainstream norms. 🤦‍♀️ Really? Climate?  😂 Anyway, I’ve been a member since 2022 - and you?

💚 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

🏠 Like many of you, I work from home. I love being able to live in different countries (Italy, Portugal, and Brazil) and being there to see my daughter grow up.  💻 It does, however, come with clear downsides: I only get to see my colleagues on a tiled screen and there is rarely time for non-work chatter. 🌲 That is why I am always super excited about the yearly (now biyearly) Carbonfuture Team Days hosted in the picturesque and beautiful Freiburg in the Black Forest. 🏃 Thi

🏛️ Today is one of those days where it is hard to find the motivation to keep going: the Trump Administration - expectedly - moved to eliminate the EPA’s 2009 "Endangerment Finding” which de facto created the legal basis for a lot of climate policy in the U.S. 🪓 Under the guise of “deregulation”, this is the largest and likely most impactful attack on climate science by this U.S. administration to date. ❌ The EPA will no longer be able to effectively regulate the six major

🇺🇸 I was shocked when I learnt this. My understanding was that the Department of Energy had gutted its CDR team and put everything on hold. 💵 Yet here were $45m for its purchase programme and $71.5m for R&D across CDR pathways.  🤯 Honestly, a humble European cannot aspire to understand what this all means these days. 👩‍🏫 If someone can, however, it is Professor  Jennifer Wilcox , who headed up the Carbon Management Department at the DoE from 2021-2024. 💚 Really thrille

🛑 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

🇺🇲 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

Eve Tamme  and I sat down with the one and only carbon markets MVP  Alexia Kelly , Managing Director of  High Tide Foundation  for a deep, practical conversation about the state of the market If you follow Alexia, you know she doesn’t hold back. So expect honest takes on the mess that SBTi has become, the confusing proliferation of actors in the space, and - crucially - what needs to be done to fix it.  If you care about where this space is heading, this one’s worth your time

💭 When I think about what will generate the biggest demand for CDR in the coming decade, I come back to three things:  1️⃣ EU ETS integration 2️⃣ International credit procurement towards the EU 2040 target 3️⃣ Use for EU CBAM carbon price deduction. 💪 The last one is the big underdog amongst the three. Yet, unbeknownst to many, things are happening!  🇪🇺 The EU Commission is currently working on detailed rules of what the use of international credits - likely under Article