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🇮🇹 If you live or happen to be in Italy next week, make sure to join us in Padova for the launch event of the  Rete Italiana Rimozione Carbonio (RIRC) . 📅 Tuesday 14th of April, 3-6pm - you can sign up here:  https://luma.com/oc2kvtaf 💪 It's the first time the Italian CDR community will gather. Hopefully the start of a movement akin to what we have seen in Germany and France. 🍝 And, Italy being Italy, there will be plenty of socialising over delicious food and wine. 👋 C

😍 Finalmente! The Italian CDR ecosystem is mobilising with two exciting events in April: 1️⃣ 14 APRIL IN PADOVA: The launch of the  Rete Italiana Rimozione Carbonio (RIRC) , in collaboration with the  Negative Emissions Platform . Science, policy, startups, and opportunity - all in one afternoon. After the event, there will also be a traditional aperitivo and dinner. 📍 Scuola della Carità from 15:00–18:00 🔗 Register:  https://luma.com/oc2kvtaf 2️⃣ 20 APRIL IN ROME: The lau

🤔 Is European industry losing its competitiveness because of the EU ETS, as Italy and many other countries are arguing? Not according to Denmark! 💪 In fact, the relentless climate pioneer think the ETS is not going far enough. 🇩🇰 Denmark just introduced a national CO2 tax of €17/tCO₂e in 2026, increasing annually to roughly €48–50/tCO₂e from 2030 for ETS-covered installations. This means that facilities in Denmark will have to pay the ETS price PLUS the domestic tax. 🪜

🪓 Are you following how Italy is trying to break Europe’s most successful climate policy? 🫣 As an Italian myself, this is not easy to write. But it is necessary. 🏭 Here is how: under Article 6 of the just passed €3b “Decreto Bollete”, the Italian government would reimburse gas-fired power plants for the exact costs linked to ETS compliance. 📉 Without touching the ETS itself, Italy's move, if approved or replicated, could become a template that structurally undermines the

🏠 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