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๐ช๐บ 77% of you believe that Europe is where CDR policy action is going to happen in 2025 - time to get your hands dirty ๐ช๐บ
โ๏ธ 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 31, 2025


๐ฐ CDR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ๐ฐ
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 30, 2025


๐คซ Brazil: the best kept secret in carbon removal? ๐คซ
๐ง๐ท Here are a few mind-boggling stats about Brazil: ๐ข 28% of the worldโs biomass is in Brazil ๐ข 93% of its electricity comes from...
Jan 29, 2025


๐ก Here we go again ๐ก
๐ฆด 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 28, 2025


๐ฑ Turning over a new leaf
๐ฅ Itโs no secret that Iโm a die-hard hashtag#TeamBiochar. Iโve been involved with biochar carbon removal (hashtag#BCR) for years now on...
Jan 20, 2025


๐ค Quiz Monday: how much carbon will this pile of biochar remove? ๐ค
[UPDATE] The correct answer is 16.5t of CO2 removed. The closest guess is shared by Martin Freimรผller and Colin Malan Lindeque who both...
Jan 16, 2025


๐๏ธ We made a podcast! ๐๏ธ
๐ง You asked, we delivered. You can now listen to the CDR Policy Scoop while you're having your coffee or commute into work! ๐ฅ As you...
Jan 14, 2025


๐ Boom or bust? Where is CDR policy heading in 2025? ๐
๐ฌ 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 8, 2025


โ New study: why we got biochar permanence so wrong in the past โ
๐ชจ Back to one of my favourite, often heatedly debated topics. This time, the authors Hamed Sanei, Henrik I. Petersen, David Chiaramonti,...
Jan 7, 2025


๐ฎ Could this be the most exciting job opportunity in carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR)?
๐ง๐ท 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 18, 2024


๐ฏ The EUโs 2040 climate target(s): hope in difficult times or empty promises? ๐ฏ
๐ช๐บ In 2025, the European Union will attempt to formalise a binding target for emission reduction in 2040. This would complement the...
Dec 12, 2024
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๐ [Poll] How much will durable CDR cost on average in 2050 (excluding inflation)? ๐
๐ [Poll] How much will durable CDR cost on average in 2050 (excluding inflation)? ๐ ๐ก Two days ago, I challenged the mystical notion...
Dec 11, 2024


๐ค How many people work in hashtag#CDR? Spoiler Alert: NOT nearly enough. ๐ค
๐ The speculation is over - we have data: globally, between 5,294 and 21,210 people are part of the CDR workforce. Thatโs it. ๐คฏ Let...
Dec 10, 2024


๐ฆ Myth buster: a ton of CDR should cost $100 or less ๐ฆ
๐ธ New week, new myth. The magical โฌ100/t. An often promised number that CDR startups are expected to reach at scale. ๐ฎ Tighten your...
Dec 9, 2024


๐งฐ Is this one of the least-well known policy tools to scale carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR)? ๐งฐ
๐ Integrating CDR into the EUโs Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (hashtag#CBAM) is increasingly looking like a win-win-win to me. It...
Dec 5, 2024


โฐ Why carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR) cannot wait - episode 5,347โฆ โฐ
๐ฟ One of the biggest misconceptions I encounter in my daily work is this idea that we should focus on emission reductions only, and then...
Dec 3, 2024


โ๏ธ Myth buster: every CDR startup needs to reach a gigaton โ๏ธ
๐ค Have you noticed that many CDR startups around the world are claiming they will all reach a gigaton of carbon dioxide removal...
Dec 1, 2024


๐ฌ Carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR) on Europeโs biggest screen ๐ฌ
๐ฎ Woah! Last night I attended the Europe premiere of Legion 44, the worldโs first big documentary on CDR, screened on a 600 square...
Nov 26, 2024


๐ฃ Calling on all my biochar superfans ๐ฃ
๐ฅ Itโs no secret that I am on hashtag#TeamBiochar. And I want the world to know just what an amazing, circular climate solution biochar...
Nov 24, 2024


๐ฆ CDR Policy Scoop Flavour of the week is: US Election ๐ฆ
๐บ๐ฒ Eve Tamme and I had our inaugural CDR Policy Scoop Livestream on COP29 last week and we had a blast. Over 100 of you tuned in live...
Nov 21, 2024
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