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Feb 26
📱How can we use social media to scale CDR? 📱
💙 No surprises here: I am a huge believer in the use of digital communications and social media to advance the carbon removal sector. 📈...


Feb 23
😱 Stanford study: current methodologies systematically underestimate biochar’s durability 😱
🔎 Just a month ago, I shared a study proving that we had gotten biochar durability studies all wrong in the past. Now, a Stanford...


Feb 12
⚠️ What is happening at the US DoE? ⚠️
😡 Over the last few days, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has fallen victim to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government of...


Feb 10
🇪🇺 Should biochar carbon removal (hashtag#BCR) be integrated into the EU Emission Trading System (hashtag#EUETS)? 🇪🇺
🔥 This is one of the hottest CDR topics currently being debated in Brussels and beyond. And its impact goes way beyond BCR and the EU...
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Feb 6
📊 [Poll] Which carbon removal method will deliver the *most volume* in 2030? 📊
📈 By 2030, we will have to reach multi-megaton scale. But what technologies can actually achieve this? 📦 As a reminder - according to...


Feb 5
🚨 A record-breaking year for CDR: CDR.fyi's 2024 Year in Review is here 🚨
🥁 The moment we have all been waiting for: CDR.fyi just released its amazing 2024 review, packed with incredibly useful and easily...


Feb 3
🤔 Like for like - the policy silver bullet? 🤔
🏛️ In carbon removal policy circles, these three simple words seem to come up more and more. ▶️ Green Claims Directive: use like for...


Jan 31
🇪🇺 77% of you believe that Europe is where CDR policy action is going to happen in 2025 - time to get your hands dirty 🇪🇺
☑️ Last week, over 200 of you participated in a poll of mine and the results were stunning (for me): without a doubt, the sentiment among...


Jan 30
💰 CDR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 💰
In case you missed it in the flurry of the craziness that is December, Tencent launched its CarbonX Program 2.0 to Accelerate Climate...


Jan 29
🤫 Brazil: the best kept secret in carbon removal? 🤫
🇧🇷 Here are a few mind-boggling stats about Brazil: 🟢 28% of the world’s biomass is in Brazil 🟢 93% of its electricity comes from...


Jan 28
😡 Here we go again 😡
🦴 I have a bone to pick: over and over again, modelling of carbon dioxide removal potential in policy circles neglects some of the most...


Jan 20
🌱 Turning over a new leaf
🔥 It’s no secret that I’m a die-hard hashtag#TeamBiochar. I’ve been involved with biochar carbon removal (hashtag#BCR) for years now on...

Jan 16
🤔 Quiz Monday: how much carbon will this pile of biochar remove? 🤔
[UPDATE] The correct answer is 16.5t of CO2 removed. The closest guess is shared by Martin Freimüller and Colin Malan Lindeque who both...


Jan 14
🎙️ We made a podcast! 🎙️
🎧 You asked, we delivered. You can now listen to the CDR Policy Scoop while you're having your coffee or commute into work! 🥊 As you...


Jan 8
👍 Boom or bust? Where is CDR policy heading in 2025? 👎
🎬 We are kicking off again. Eve Tamme and I are hosting the first CDR Policy Scoop of the year coming this Monday the 13th at 6pm CET....


Jan 7
❌ New study: why we got biochar permanence so wrong in the past ❌
🪨 Back to one of my favourite, often heatedly debated topics. This time, the authors Hamed Sanei, Henrik I. Petersen, David Chiaramonti,...


Dec 18, 2024
😮 Could this be the most exciting job opportunity in carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR)?
🇧🇷 COP30 in Brazil will be huge and will set the stage for years/decades to come. Building on the great progress for CDR at COP29, the...


Dec 12, 2024
🎯 The EU’s 2040 climate target(s): hope in difficult times or empty promises? 🎯
🇪🇺 In 2025, the European Union will attempt to formalise a binding target for emission reduction in 2040. This would complement the...
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Dec 11, 2024
📊 [Poll] How much will durable CDR cost on average in 2050 (excluding inflation)? 📊
📊 [Poll] How much will durable CDR cost on average in 2050 (excluding inflation)? 📊 💡 Two days ago, I challenged the mystical notion...


Dec 10, 2024
🤔 How many people work in hashtag#CDR? Spoiler Alert: NOT nearly enough. 🤔
🌍 The speculation is over - we have data: globally, between 5,294 and 21,210 people are part of the CDR workforce. That’s it. 🤯 Let...
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