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🔥 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 7, 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 5, 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


⚖️ The European Green Claims Directive hangs in the balance ⚖️
😮 One of Europe’s most promising climate regulations has been put on ice just before the finish line, what happened? 🇪🇺 On June 10th,...
Jun 1, 2025


🔥 Hot off press: Key takeaways from the CRCF Purchasing Programme Workshop 🔥
👇 Another step closer to scaling CDR in Europe. So what did we learn and where are we heading? 🇪🇺 First, let’s contextualise this...
May 21, 2025


🇪🇺 €30m in EU funding for DACCS and marine CDR 🇪🇺
🌅 Time to put the distractions from the last days behind us and focus on building instead! The European Commission, through its flagship...
May 13, 2025


A €6b European Purchase Programme for CDR? 😱
🇪🇺 Yes, that is exactly what we might be seeing soon. The EU Commission is hosting a hybrid workshop next week to discuss the design...
May 13, 2025


🤓 Are you feeling smarter yet? 🤓
🇪🇺 A week ago, I launched my FREE course: “Decode EU Carbon Removal Policy in Six Days”. 📨 Over 280 people have signed up to the...
May 8, 2025


💥 I’ve got big news for you 💥
🎓 Today, after months of hard work, I’m launching a FREE course: “Decode EU Carbon Removal Policy in Six Days”. And I’m doing it how I...
May 5, 2025
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