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👨‍🍼 I have had a lot of “firsts” this year as a new parent. First laugh. First Christmas. First meal. Each new milestone presents an opportunity to take stock and reflect. 😥 Let’s be honest. It’s been a ROUGH year. For the climate, for the world, and certainly for me personally. 🏔️ One solace I have is retreating back to nature. And in these last 9 months, I have spent a lot of time in nature with my daughter - basically daily - sharing my love for the mountains and the s

⚡ Something remarkable is happening in energy. The technology that environmentalists spent decades fighting is suddenly everywhere. ☢️ Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta have collectively contracted for over 13 gigawatts of nuclear power. Global nuclear generation hit a record high in 2025 and is set to keep climbing. Investment in nuclear has risen 50% in five years and is expected to exceed $70 billion in 2025 alone. 🔄 The nuclear narrative is changing rapidly, alongside i

🎬 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

🎙️ And this clip is not some fringe outlet: The Diary Of A CEO is one of the world’s leading podcasts, with over a billion downloads/views to date. 🌍 I was fairly shocked by this episode with Konstantin Kisin . His discussion with host Steven Bartlett on global warming is yet another example of how we have moved from outright denying climate change to reframing it in misguided, binary outcomes: ❌ Net-zero means destroying our economy. ❌ Net-zero means killing pensioner

👀 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?

🌟 For too long, I have ignored you. Yet there you are: reliably removing 2 gigatons of CO2 year on year, while providing countless co-benefits to forests, animals, farmers, and us humans. 💪 Yes, we need to figure out how to compensate our emissions for the long-term. But this will take us years, yeah decades to scale up. In the meantime, you can help us lower warming at this crucial moment in time. ✅ I don’t need to tell you how to do your job: it comes natural to you. You

🏠 Exactly 70 years ago, Cortina d’Ampezzo hosted the Winter Olympics. My grandparents - Argia and Piero - seized the opportunity, borrowed money from friends and family, and built Villa Belvedere. 🗺️ Nowadays, I run this family business together with my mother (yes, I have a life beyond CDR), and three generations live in this house. The Olympics put the beautiful Dolomites on the global map, and until today we all benefit from the boom that it brought. Today, the Olympics

⛽ I used to have a pretty clear opinion on the role of oil and gas on the way to net zero: boycott and phase out basically. 🫣 This is a very commonly held stance in the climate bubble. It is also one that is not particularly helpful. 📉 Of course, we need to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible. ⚠️ However, given the massive dependence of humanity on fossil fuels, there can be no net zero without decarbonising this sector. ⚖️ And not all actors are the same: some ar

🤬 That sentence triggers me too… 🤔 But - as so often in climate - reality is not black or white. The slogan is wrong, but the directionality isn’t. 🔎 Fossil fuels, like it or not, will be with us for decades to come (although definitely not forever as stated in this video - phase out is coming for you, O&G!). 🔥 Billions of barrels will be pumped and used, gigatons of CO2 and methane emitted. So the carbon intensity of each barrel does really matter. A ton is a ton after a

Zero. 💬 I spent the last few days watching most of the special addresses given at the 2026 World Economic Forum: Trump, Carney, Merz, von der Leyen, Zelenski, and Macron. 🌡️ These speeches give a fascinating insight into what truly matters to the political elite today. What stood out to me: in almost four hours of speaking time, not ONCE did any of them mention climate change or global warming. 📑 This stands in stark contrast with the WEF’s own 2026 Global Risks Report,

🙅 Stop pitching biochar. Nobody cares. Start understanding and pitching your business fundamentals. 👌 Pure gold here from Alastair Collier on the latest Reversing Climate Change podcast with Ross Kenyon . ❗ No matter what type of CDR project you are trying to get funded: listen to this episode. It is just so, so good. 🙏 Alastair, thank you. You did the industry a big service by sharing your experiences. ✅ Ross, as always, great stuff. Regular listener here and encour

🧐 Yesterday, I shared how the energy transition looks unstoppable, and all the incredible data from Nat Bullard to prove it. At the same time, it is a hard fact that the world will take years, maybe decades to wean itself off fossil fuels. 💡 If we’re going to burn oil anyway in the short to medium term, the difference between high-leakage, high-intensity barrels and cleaner ones is real climate damage avoided. 🔴 The common approach in the climate bubble is to dismiss any

🌍 Literally - through its holistic approach to building CO2 infrastructure we need to get scale CDR and CCS to achieve net-zero. 🏗️ Check out our latest conversation with Sophie Wenger , Senior Policy Advisor at the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, on CDR Policy Scoop , “How is Switzerland using CO₂ infrastructure to meet its climate targets?” 👀 Catch up to find out about the unsexy but crucial plumbing behind net zero: ▶️ Youtube: https://lnkd.in/dH-GeTKn 🎧

Finally! 📣 The Guardian , a mainstream media outlet historically skeptical on the topic of geoengineering, has published four op-eds in the last month, all calling for a drastic change in our approach to geoengineering. 🌍 I was glad to see this editorial decision. The more I learn about the topic, the more I believe the current stigma around it is not serving humanity well. 🔬 No one here is arguing we should deploy commercial scale geoengineering today. All these authors

📊 Nat Bullard just released his annual decarbonisation deck. 200 carefully curated graphs that provide you with a full overview of how decarbonisation is progressing. It is the single most insightful deck I see each year. 🌟 I highly recommend checking out the full deck. What stood out to me: 🇨🇳 It is all about China: 40% more electricity than EU and US combined (16). Emissions flat to falling (22). Half of all energy investment globally is China (67). Added more battery

🧐 However, one could argue that the money is not being allocated efficiently. Here’s why: 🏭 Technological concentration: 61% of all investment to date went to DACCS. While BiCRS follows with just 15% (of which Biochar Carbon Removal accounts for 5%). These numbers stand in stark contrast with deliveries, where BiCRS accounts for >95% while DACCS <0.1%. 🌎 Geographical concentration: the U.S. and Switzerland account for 77% of all investment. The Global South for just 2%. A

✊ Last month, CDR’s very own Noah McQueen joined the Founding Advisory Council of Out in Climate , which is building a climate movement that truly reflects the world we’re all working to protect. ⚠️ This is why representation matters. Climate change hits marginalised communities first and hardest, including LGBTQ+ people, but their voices are still missing from too many decision-making spaces. Better climate solutions start with who’s IN the room. 🤓 Diversity isn’t optio

😱 The Joe Rogan Show is the world’s most listened to podcast. On average, each episode reaches 10-20 million people. 🔬 While we are busy infighting within the climate bubble, arguing whether CCS or CDR is a scam or a much needed climate solution, the world outside is destroying the very foundation our work is built on: science. 🔨 Over the break, I spent hours listening to hugely popular podcasts way outside of my bubble. Over and over again, I encountered a diminishing i

😮 Over 15,000 people have watched this beautiful short-documentary already. It tells one of carbon removal’s most compelling stories:...

😒 I’ve heard it countless times: we need to turn off the tab (= stop emissions) and pull the plug (= remove emissions). Somehow, it...