🙅 Growing up, any mention of nuclear at the dinner table would lead to prolonged tirades and to this day I avoid talking about it in family circles. 📗 The Greenpeace Magazine - which I reliably read cover to cover every month for 15 years - would provide story after story of how nuclear energy was contaminating the earth for generations. 🍄 Even when collecting mushrooms in the pristine forests of my Alpine hometown, I would be reminded to avoid certain delicious mushrooms

👩‍💻 And, no, this is not an April's fools joke.  Stripe  is actually looking for an EU Market Development Lead to grow long-term demand for CDR in Europe. 😍 Why I got so excited when I saw this? Stripe - a catalytic buyer in its own right - is also the driving force behind  Frontier , the world's leading CDR buyers club, which has been playing a central role in the growth of this industry. You'd be at the heart of where the action is currently at. ⭐ I also know almost ever

⭐ In fact, when it comes to CDR in carbon pricing systems, quality > size every time. 📊 Having analysed the 17 most high potential compliance markets, I recently argued that CDR eligibility alone tells us little about actual market potential - see comments. 👉 Today, I want to draw attention to another factor: size. 🏭 Let’s take two extremes to illustrate the point: China’s emissions trading system (ETS) is - by far - the biggest in the world, covering almost 8Gt or 15% of

📍 Guess where I was - win 1 ton of carbon removal 🌍 Where was this picture taken? Hint: it might involve what I like to call 'black gold'. 🎥 I’ve been busy last week, shooting some incredible material with  Carbonfuture  and one of our partners. 👇 Put your guess in the comments. Whoever gets closest to the exact location (not just country 😉) receives one ton of carbon dioxide removal from the CDR company we were shooting with. ⌛ Guesses close Tuesday midday CEST. 👀 And

⚡ Something remarkable is happening in energy. The technology that environmentalists spent decades fighting is suddenly everywhere. ☢️ Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta have collectively contracted for over 13 gigawatts of nuclear power. Global nuclear generation hit a record high in 2025 and is set to keep climbing. Investment in nuclear has risen 50% in five years and is expected to exceed $70 billion in 2025 alone. 🔄 The nuclear narrative is changing rapidly, alongside i

😍 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

📣 No surprises here: I believe the EU holds the key to scaling carbon removal policy. As such, I am thrilled to join the Board of  Negative Emissions Platform  (NEP), Europe’s most established industry voice for CDR. 🙋🏻 Formally, I took over the  Carbonfuture  seat a month ago from  Leila Toplic  and hold it until the next election this June. Then hopefully beyond that. 🌍 I look forward to joining  Sacha Corby, PhD ,  Dirk Paessler ,  Rafael Broze  (Microsoft),  Johan Bör

😐 Honest admission: I knew/know almost nothing about LTSs. In fact, I barely hear anyone talk about them. One exception is  Harry Smith PhD , who actually wrote a full PhD about it. Here are a few things I learnt in our  CDR Policy Scoop  with Harry: 🎯 Residual emissions in government plans are double what the CDR community assumes. We often talk about 5-15%. In LTSs, they are often more than double this. An even bigger issue: only 26 countries actually quantified their res

🔥 The last few days have been heated in the CDR policy world: two objections were raised in the European Parliament - one from the far right and one from socialists + greens - requesting the outright rejection of the CRCF methodologies (both did not pass). 👁️ On top of this, some civil society actors - most notably Carbon Market Watch - have been rallying the troops against the CRCF for months. 🤔 It is thus not far-fetched to ask whether the CRCF is fit for purpose? Recent

💬 Barely a week passes in which I don't hear something along the lines of "CDR is about to take off, country X already integrated it". ❎ As I am sure you know, I also believe that compliance markets are the future for CDR. But I also think that looking at ELIGIBILITY is not sufficient. 💰 Eligibility is just the first gate. Whether any meaningful market for CDR will actually emerge depends on a second, arguably more important factor: PRICE. 👇 Here is what I did: below you c

🎓 Despite all the hype around AI workforce automation, the carbon removals industry is still very much recruiting early stage career professionals. 📊 A new analysis from  CDRjobs  shows that, in 2025, almost 70% of all new job openings (N = 2,566) were for entry level (26%) or early career (43%) professionals. 😍 I loved this stat when I saw it! It runs counter to the really depressing message young people seem to be getting: AI is taking over, there are no more opportuniti

💡 If not, you should! It is dishing out incredible insights. 💚 It is CDR’s first public AI agent, created by  Dirk Paessler  with the objective to support the scale up of the sector through public assets and news.  📚 For example, its CDR Company Directory gives you a beautiful and searchable overview of all CDR companies, including their “aliveness” status and hiring trends. 🤯 On its blog, Captain Drawdown has published the ultimate CDR pitch deck and analysed how many pe