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🔥 The last few days have been heated in the CDR policy world: two objections were raised in the European Parliament - one from the far right and one from socialists + greens - requesting the outright rejection of the CRCF methodologies (both did not pass). 👁️ On top of this, some civil society actors - most notably Carbon Market Watch - have been rallying the troops against the CRCF for months. 🤔 It is thus not far-fetched to ask whether the CRCF is fit for purpose? Recent

📊 [POLL] EU CRCF: what’s next? How will CRCF units be used? 📊 🇪🇺 Last week, my feed filled up with news of the EU adopting the first three methodologies to certify permanent removals (DACCS, BECCS, BCR). 👏 This is a huge milestone which should be celebrated. 🤔 However, the biggest question of all still remains: what will CRCF units actually be used for first/primarily? 🤷‍♂️ The central critique of the CRCF from day 1 has always been the lack of clear use cases. Without

🎯 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

🔥 The topic that keeps giving… how permanent is biochar? 📄 A paper recently appeared challenging that soil-applied biochar can be permanent for 1,000s of years. It generated lively discussions and several folks asked me for my take. 🧪 First things first: I am not a scientist, and this is a matter that needs to be settled 100% by science. However, the latest paper is explicitly a policy commentary. So allow me to weigh in. My main observations: ⚖️ The debate is not on wheth

🤓 The next Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (hashtag#CRCF) Expert Group meeting is taking place on Thursday, 10th of July from 10:30 -...

📄 Just one of the many findings of the “2024 Biochar Market Report” which just dropped, now in its fourth edition. 🪨 The fundamental...

🛑 Just a week ago, I shared how the German government and the conservative EPP group in Parliament put the brakes on the GCD...

😮 One of Europe’s most promising climate regulations has been put on ice just before the finish line, what happened? 🇪🇺 On June 10th,...

👇 Another step closer to scaling CDR in Europe. So what did we learn and where are we heading? 🇪🇺 First, let’s contextualise this...

🇪🇺 Time to have your say. The European Commission has just published the long-awaited consultation for the upcoming major revision of...

👇 Another step closer to having the world’s first government certification scheme for durable CDR. I had the pleasure of participating...

🤯 Did you know that 45% of all durable carbon removal to date came from the global South? And that the average price of these removals...

🇪🇺 The next Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (hashtag#CRCF) Expert Group meeting (the 6th - but who’s counting?) takes place tomorrow,...

🔥 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...

☑️ 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...

💷 The million euro question. Tomorrow - Tuesday 28th - the European Commission is hosting a workshop dedicated exactly to this question....

🌟 After a wonderful two week holiday, I wanted to kick off the year looking back at some of the highlights in carbon dioxide removal...