😎 Senator Josh Becker is the stuff of CDR legends

🇺🇲 He has been pioneering CDR before it was cool. And if anywhere is going to scale carbon removal in the U.S., my bet is still on California.

✅ If it were a country, t would be the 4th largest economy in the world.

✅ It has a 2045 net-zero target.

✅ And crucially, it has actually quantified the need: 75 Mt of removals by 2045.

🏛️ Sure, last year’s veto by governor Newsom of the $50M state procurement program hurt. But behind the scenes, something more structural (and arguably more powerful) is happening: integrating CDR into the state’s Cap-and-Invest system and building an ecosystem that can crowd in private capital.

🤔 So what’s really going on?

🤩 For the next episode of CDR Policy Scoop, Eve Tamme and I sit down with State Senator Josh Becker to unpack:

◾What happened with the veto

◾What is still moving forward

◾The Senator’s experience as a policy pioneer

◾What other states (and countries) can learn from this

🎙️ As always, expect a 30-minute deep dive into how climate policy actually gets built. One bill at a time.

🗓️You do want to miss the conversation with this legend on Monday, February 16th: 🕘 9am PT | 12pm ET | 5pm GMT | 6pm CET: https://lnkd.in/dqkVrY-n

👇 If you have thoughts or questions about California’s approach, drop them below - we’ll try to bring them into the conversation.

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