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😅 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 

🤔 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!

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

I expect this year to mark a step-change for CDR in at least three ways: 1️⃣ Formal recognition in compliance markets 2️⃣ Explicit government endorsement (certification + direct procurement) 3️⃣ Entry into the climate mainstream 👀 In case you missed it, make sure to tune into the 2025 review and 2026 forecast  Eve Tamme  and I released over the break (link in comments) where we dive into the above and much more in the usual, punchy format. 😶‍🌫️ Today, I want to share somet

🗓️ To wrap up the year, Eve Tamme and I recorded a CDR Policy Scoop episode reflecting on the biggest CDR policy developments of 2025 - from very different angles. 📉 From my side, the biggest low point was the US retreat from climate leadership: withdrawal from Paris, attacks on climate science, and frozen DAC funding all had real impacts on carbon removal. 🇪🇺 At the same time, leadership didn’t disappear, it just shifted. Europe stepped into the spotlight with: 1️⃣ Carb

💭 Like most people, I prefer to imagine a future without fossil fuels. Yet the reality is sobering: oil & gas (O&G) is set to remain a part of the global energy system for years to come, likely even decades. ⛽ That raises an uncomfortable but unavoidable question: if we can’t get rid of O&G fast enough, should we at least decarbonise it as aggressively as possible? Or does that risk locking it in forever? 🔥 That’s exactly the conversation I’ll be having -live here on Linked

🎯 A final agreement has been reached: 5% international credits (1990 levels) plus a potential additional 5% (2005 levels) at member state level. 📈 Starting as early as 2031, we are talking 100s of megatons, potentially more than a gigaton worth of credits (we are still thin on details). 📋 But what credits exactly? So far, all we have is reference to “high-quality” and a reference to the Paris Agreement. It will be up to the EU Commission to prepare an impact assessment and

⏰ Johan Rockström is one of the leading climate scientists globally. He just published an alarming wake up call ahead of COP (link in comments). 📣 His message is clear: if all current NDCs are kept, we are looking at 2.5 degrees of warming. Even in best case scenarios, we are looking at overshoot to 1.6-1.7 degrees. Our goal - at this point - has to be minimising overshoot and then moving as quickly as possible back to 1.5 degrees or lower. ❌ “Failure is not inevitable. It i

😬 For years, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has been the gold standard for corporate climate targets. But SBTi has struggled: governance issues, inconsistent guidance, and growing pushback from companies frustrated by its rigidity and lack of clarity. ⭐ Into that gap now steps the ISO Net Zero standard, developed with input from over 170 countries and promising global legitimacy and harmonisation. It will officially launch with a big splash at COP30. 🏢 And, let

💡 I had never thought about this as an either / or question and always assumed we can only stop global warming IF we get rid of fossil fuels. ✈️ In the latest CDR Policy Scoop, Robert Höglund and I got to go deep on the role of carbon removal in aviation and shipping. 🤔 One of the key arguments Robert makes is that our best shot at net-zero could be to focus on whatever solution has the lowest cost, e.g. CDR + regular jet fuel vs eSAF. Loved recording this one - go check it

👉 Today is the day: two of CDR’s heavyweights - Eve Tamme and TITO JANKOWSKI - AIRMINER - going head to head to debate one of the sector’s hottest topics: will voluntary or compliance markets scale CDR first? 📅 Make sure to tune in today at 3.15pm GMT+1 for this special edition of our beloved CDR Policy Scoop Showdown Debates. This time, live-streamed from the main stage at Carbon Unbound Europe. 💻 You - the online audience - will get to participate fully, from submitting