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๐ง Will COP30 actually deliver on carbon removals?
๐คท Yesterday, I asked you whether we should have a COP at all. Is all this massive effort - and the associated emissions - even worth it? The community seems split, which isnโt surprising. ๐ฏ I personally believe that COPs have an important role to play, and that it will take years of hard work to position CDR where it needs to be: as a horizontal, essential building block across climate targets and initiatives at large. ๐คฉ So did we make any progress on this front during COP
Nov 19, 2025
๐ I avoid COPs, but I still think we need them - do you?
๐ Hereโs something most people do not know about me: I have never been to a COP. Nor do I plan to. ๐ค Why? I have a simple litmus test for my business travel: Will the event go ahead the same even if I do not attend? ๐ Clearly it will make no difference whether I am one of 50,000 people in attendance at COP30 or not. So I pass. ๐คณ COPs have come under heavy - IMO justified - criticism. Every year, this mass gathering leads to around 100,000t-150,000t of CO2 emissions. And i
Nov 18, 2025
๐ฐ When The Guardian headlines carbon removal - you know the climate conversation is changing.
๐ I had to rub my eyes to believe it. The Guardian, not necessarily the most pro-CDR media outlet, highlights the need for carbon removal scale up as its top global news item. ๐ Yesterday, I shared Johan Rockstrรถmโs excellent pre-COP30 article that we need 600Gt of CDR this century. He was now joined by more leading climate scientists in this Guardian piece. ๐ฃ Their message is clear: to avoid climate tipping points and reverse overshoot, we will need hundreds of gigatons o
Nov 12, 2025
๐ Letโs unpack Bill Gatesโ controversial new take on climate change ๐
โ๏ธ Gates' letter "Three Hard Truths About Climate Change" is certainly making the rounds in my circles. I have some important observations: ๐ Climate and aid budgets are NOT zero sum. Between 2015 and 2024, aid grew 60% ($132B โ $212B). In the same period, total global investment in climate solutions more than doubled, from roughly $600B to over $1,300B a year. Pitting the two against each other is not just unhelpful, it is unfounded. ๐ Tipping points matter. Gates assumes
Oct 29, 2025
๐ข Is climate multi-laterlism a sinking ship?
๐ฉ Like many of you, Iโve been really taken aback by the IMOโs decision last Friday to suspend the adoption of its planned maritime carbon price by a year. ๐ Details are starting to emerge on what happened, as shocked negotiators are taking stock of what this means for the IMO, and climate multilateralism in general. ๐บ๐ฒ The tactics employed - especially by the U.S. - were completely unprecedented and caught supporters of this particular regulation off-guard. ๐คท So where do
Oct 20, 2025
๐ค What comes after net-zero? And should you care?
โ ๏ธ The IPCC is clear: we have to achieve net-zero CO2 by 2050. This is and has been the global rallying cry since 2018. ๐ What is less talked about: net-zero is not enough. Because every credible IPCC 1.5 ยฐC and most 2 ยฐC pathway assumes we overshoot our carbon budget โ and must therefore spend part of the second half of the century removing more COโ than we emit. Some governments have already recognised it and are proactively developing roadmaps for this net-negativity. ๐ธ๏ฟฝ
Oct 9, 2025
๐จ๐ฉ๐ช BREAKING: German Parliament enshrines 2045 net-zero in constitution ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ
๐ Just the boost of optimism and hope we needed! Passing the necessary two thirds majority (513 in favour, 207 against, no abstentions),...
Mar 18, 2025
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