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🇨🇭 Switzerland's leading the way on BUILDING carbon removal.
🌍 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 🎧
Jan 19


🤑 What do CDR buyers really think?
🔒 At pretty much every CDR event, we all agree on one thing: we need more buyers. But the harder (and more interesting) question is what will actually unlock that demand? 💬 That’s exactly what we set out to explore in a special episode of the CDR Policy Scoop, recorded live at Carbon Unbound Europe in London back in October. 💱 Together with my co-host Eve Tamme , we had the chance to sit down - in person - with buyers to find out how they see the current CDR policy and ma
Dec 21, 2025


🤔 How much is 5% international credits really? 🤔
🎯 I am seeing a lot of confusion regarding the amount of international credits to be used by the European Union to achieve its 2040 target. 👀 Yesterday, I was finally able to look at the compromise text which came out of the successful trilogue negotiations last week. Here is what it comes down to: 📊 The 5% take a 1990 baseline. In that year, emissions were 4.736Gt, meaning we are looking at 237Mt. Beyond this, the text is still surprisingly vague, which leaves room for in
Dec 17, 2025


🇪🇺 Europe will procure huge amounts of international credits - but what credits exactly?
🎯 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
Dec 16, 2025


🪦Can the Green Claims Directive be brought back to life?
❎ According to the EU Commission, 56% of all corporate environmental claims are bogus. This is exactly what it aimed to tackle with two key regulations: Empower Consumers Directive (hashtag#ECD) and Green Claims Directive (hashtag#GCD). 🏛️ Back in June, I reported about the drama when the GCD was put on ice just before its final trilogue negotiation. Led by Germany and German MEPs, which even triggered a constitutional crisis with the Commission. 🇩🇰 The Danish Presidency i
Nov 27, 2025


🚨🇪🇺 BREAKING: EU Parliament backs 2040 Climate Target 🇪🇺🚨
📥 Just a few minutes ago, the EU Parliament voted (379 Yes, 248 No, 10 abstentions) to adopt its position on the EU 2040 Target. 🎯Despite attempts by the right to water down the target to 83% – which was thankfully voted down and averted – it’s almost identical to the Council’s position from last week: 90% overall target, 5% international credits, up to 5% additional international credits at member state level, and a review clause every two years. 🌍 A notable difference, h
Nov 13, 2025


🔥 Hot Brussels insights: where is EU CDR policy heading? 🔥
🇪🇺 What a week it’s been for climate in Europe! Just wrapped up a few days of meetings across European institutions. My key takeaways: 👎 European climate ambition is weakening The big picture is not looking good. CEOs of Europe’s biggest companies are calling Ursula von der Leyen on a weekly basis, urging her to walk back on climate policy to keep European industry “competitive”. The result? The heart of European decarbonisation, our Emission Trading System (ETS), is shaki
Nov 6, 2025


🔥 Breaking: EU Environment Ministers Agree on 2040 Climate Target 🔥
🇪🇺 Huge news coming out of Brussels today! An agreement has been reached. And it will certainly make waves, for good and bad reasons. 💚 For carbon removal, this could be a make or break moment. It will all come down to what type of "international credits" the EU will rely on to achieve its 90% target. 👇 Check out my reaction - live from Brussels - below 👇
Nov 4, 2025


🤔 What comes after net-zero? And should you care?
⚠️ The IPCC is clear: we have to achieve net-zero CO2 by 2050. This is and has been the global rallying cry since 2018. 📉 What is less talked about: net-zero is not enough. Because every credible IPCC 1.5 °C and most 2 °C pathway assumes we overshoot our carbon budget — and must therefore spend part of the second half of the century removing more CO₂ than we emit. Some governments have already recognised it and are proactively developing roadmaps for this net-negativity. 🇸�
Oct 9, 2025


🤓 Want to get up to speed on global CDR Policy ahead of COP?
☕ I get it. CDR Policy certainly isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. But getting clear on the foundations is essential to engaging with all that goes on at COP. 🎙️ Earlier this year, the team at The Carbon Removal Show put together a 3-part deep dive into CDR policy - what it is, why it's important, and where it might be going. And best part, it's fun, and has plenty of cameos. 🎯 Part 1: Will help get you up to speed on context setting, diving into the evolution of carbon removal
Oct 6, 2025


🚨 EU 2040 Climate Target: The battle lines are drawn.
🇪🇺 This week, lawmakers in the European Parliament’s environment committee submitted their amendments to the Commission’s 2040 climate...
Sep 8, 2025


🔥 🇩🇪 BREAKING: German government earmarks almost half a billion euros for carbon removals 🇩🇪🔥
💶 Momentum has been building for months in Europe's biggest economy. Today, another major breakthrough: money on the table! The details:...
Jul 30, 2025


🙏 Danke 🙏
🇩🇪 As many of you know, carbon removal in Germany is a passion project of mine. I fundamentally believe that Europe’s biggest economy -...
Jul 20, 2025


😳 Conversion factors for CDR in the EU ETS? 😳
🤷♂️ When you think you’ve seen it all, there comes another curveball. 🇪🇺 The European Commission is considering introducing...
Jul 9, 2025


🇪🇺 A defining test for Europe’s climate credibility is just days away.
🎯 On July 2nd, the European Commission will reveal its proposal for the EU’s 2040 Climate Target. This is arguably the most important...
Jun 24, 2025


📣 Over 200 companies are calling for tech-openness in the EU ETS 📣
🇪🇺 It is too early to pick winners! Europe will only be able to achieve net-zero if it can leverage a wide range of durable carbon...
Jun 23, 2025


🌍 Europe removed 150,000t of CO2 through biochar in 2024 🌍
📄 Just one of the many findings of the “2024 Biochar Market Report” which just dropped, now in its fourth edition. 🪨 The fundamental...
Jun 22, 2025


🤔 Ever wondered HOW European carbon removal policy actually gets made and how you–yes, YOU– could influence it?
Do you want to know: ⚡ Who holds power in EU policy development 🗝️ Where your key opportunities are for influence ✒️ And how to make an...
Jun 19, 2025


🇪🇺 Will the Green Claims Directive (hashtag#GCD) survive? 🇪🇺
🛑 Just a week ago, I shared how the German government and the conservative EPP group in Parliament put the brakes on the GCD...
Jun 11, 2025


📣 🇪🇺 Calling for tech-openness in the EU ETS 🇪🇺 📣
💬 The European Commission is currently consulting on the future of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) – and whether, how, and WHICH...
Jun 9, 2025
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