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💥 Controversial take: Should the EU should use foreign CDR to achieve net-zero? 💥
🇪🇺 A mantra in Europe so far has always been: we tidy up our own mess. In other words: Europe’s net-zero target has to be achieved with...
Mar 28


🎉 Carbon removal makes it into the German Coalition Treaty 🎉
🇩🇪 Big news out of Germany again! The two parties forming the upcoming government - CDU/CSU & SPD - are currently negotiating the...
Mar 24


🇪🇺 Hot off the press: Key takeaways from CRCF Expert Group meeting on permanent carbon dioxide removals (CDR) 🇪🇺
👇 Another step closer to having the world’s first government certification scheme for durable CDR. I had the pleasure of participating...
Mar 21


🪑 Global South CDR Coalition takes a seat at the table in Europe 🪑
🤯 Did you know that 45% of all durable carbon removal to date came from the global South? And that the average price of these removals...
Mar 20


👀 What you need to know about the upcoming CRCF workshop 👀
🇪🇺 The next Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (hashtag#CRCF) Expert Group meeting (the 6th - but who’s counting?) takes place tomorrow,...
Mar 19


🚨🇩🇪 BREAKING: German Parliament enshrines 2045 net-zero in constitution 🇩🇪🚨
🏆 Just the boost of optimism and hope we needed! Passing the necessary two thirds majority (513 in favour, 207 against, no abstentions),...
Mar 18

💚 Think Negative! 💚
🇩🇪 Germany is about to approve €100,000,000,000 (yes, you counted those zeros right) to be spent on climate and energy over 12 years....
Mar 17


🇩🇰 Is the world’s most progressive CDR country on track? 🇩🇰
♥️ If you follow me, you know I LOVE writing about Denmark. No other country has done as much - comparatively - for CDR as Denmark: ▪️...
Mar 11


😮 Will the EU need twice as much CDR as expected? 😮
🇪🇺 The EU Commission is currently planning with around 120Mt of durable CDR in 2050. A jaw-dropping 333 page report by the th European...
Feb 26


🇩🇪 Germany is going to the polls: what does this mean for CDR? 🇩🇪
😳 Coming Sunday, 23rd of February, will see Europe’s largest economy head to the polls for a snap election. Much has been said and...
Feb 17


😍 Finally: a database with ALL EU funding opportunities for CDR 😍
💥 Carbon Gap strikes again: this time, they have developed an open-source, searchable database of all 620 funding opportunities for CDR...
Feb 11


🇪🇺 Should biochar carbon removal (hashtag#BCR) be integrated into the EU Emission Trading System (hashtag#EUETS)? 🇪🇺
🔥 This is one of the hottest CDR topics currently being debated in Brussels and beyond. And its impact goes way beyond BCR and the EU...
Feb 11


🇪🇺 77% of you believe that Europe is where CDR policy action is going to happen in 2025 - time to get your hands dirty 🇪🇺
☑️ Last week, over 200 of you participated in a poll of mine and the results were stunning (for me): without a doubt, the sentiment among...
Jan 31


😡 Here we go again 😡
🦴 I have a bone to pick: over and over again, modelling of carbon dioxide removal potential in policy circles neglects some of the most...
Jan 29


🇪🇺 How will we finance carbon removals in the European Union? 🇪🇺
💷 The million euro question. Tomorrow - Tuesday 28th - the European Commission is hosting a workshop dedicated exactly to this question....
Jan 27


🧰 Is this one of the least-well known policy tools to scale carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR)? 🧰
🏆 Integrating CDR into the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (hashtag#CBAM) is increasingly looking like a win-win-win to me. It...
Dec 6, 2024


💚 Help shape Europe’s 2040 climate targets 💚
🇪🇺 In 2025, Europe will be revisiting its Climate Law, a unique opportunity to show true climate leadership. The EU Commission has been...
Nov 22, 2024


🔥 Hot Brussels insights: where is EU CDR policy heading? 🔥
🇪🇺 Just wrapped up a week of meetings across European institutions. Now that the dust of June’s election has settled, it was a perfect...
Nov 7, 2024


🔮 Want to find out about the future CDR in the EU? Tune in to the confirmation hearings this week.
🇪🇺 The European Parliament's confirmation hearings for the Commissioners-designate kicked off yesterday and run until the 12th of...
Nov 4, 2024


🇩🇪 Interested in carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR) in Germany?
👉 Momentum is building for CDR in hashtag#Germany ahead of the upcoming election in 2025. Thankfully, two excellent new resources have...
Nov 1, 2024
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