CDR library

🤔 Remember back in April, when the world celebrated a first-of-a-kind maritime carbon tax to help it achieve maritime's 2050 net-zero target? 👎 Well, that has just been suspended for one year with a real risk of being axed for good. 🇺🇸 Why? Exorbitant U.S. pressure, particularly on smaller countries, in the lead-up to the meeting. 💚 Back in April, 63 countries had voted in favour and only 13 against, despite the U.S. walking out on the meeting and threatening retaliatory

☕ 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

🇺🇸 It looks like the 45Q tax credit, which has been central to the scale up of the CDR industry in the U.S., particularly DACCS, is...

🤯 Here is a mind-blowing stat: 3.9 million square kilometers - a surface larger than India - burnt in the 2023/24 wildfire season...

😱 Who would have thought that the U.S. could become the first country to incorporate carbon removals into a carbon border adjustment...

🇺🇸 Given the uncertainty at the federal level, it is time to refocus on U.S. states, many of which hold vast potential for CDR. Today:...

📈 Since our launch in September 2024, over 11,000 job seekers have used the CDRjobs board. 💭 Clearly, there is serious demand for jobs...

🌲 In January, the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471) was introduced by Representative Bruce Westerman into the new Congress. The...

Yesterday’s post about current developments in the U.S. Department of Energy added the wrong kind of fuel to the fire. I stated that it...

😡 Over the last few days, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has fallen victim to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government of...

🧐 Policy is central to scaling CDR, yet policy roles remain critically underrepresented. Let's take a look. 💼 Out of 2,865 jobs...

🤯 Did you know that the ocean covers 70% of the Earth and serves as its largest carbon sink, holding 42 times the carbon in the...

✒️ Through an executive order, the Trump administration has announced a freeze on $300 billion allocated under two key legislative...

🤔 On Monday, Donald Trump will start his four year term as the 47th president of the United States. Time for a CDR Policy Scoop to make...

🏛️ On the dawn of Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, the future trajectory of federal CDR policy is a hotly debated topic. I’ve got...

🤩 We made some pretty substantial gains in 2024, as I discussed yesterday. Can we take it to the next level this year? 🏛️ In some ways,...

📊 Ever since CDRjobs started tracking the job market six months ago, we’ve found that over 35% of all global CDR jobs (620 roles) and...

🇺🇸 Yesterday, the Carbon Dioxide Removal Investment Act (hashtag#CDRIA) was introduced to the U.S. Senate by Senator Michael Bennet...

😧 Let’s face it: a Trump presidency creates a lot of uncertainty about what the next four years will mean for the world, for climate,...

🏛️ The U.S. has arguably been the global leader for getting carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR) off the ground, investing billions...