CDR library

May 1, 2024

🇺🇸 💵 BREAKING: U.S. announces $500,000,000 for CO2 transport infrastructure 💵 🇺🇸

🚚 Safe and reliable CO2 transport infrastructure is central to our ability to scale carbon dioxide removal (#CDR). According to the US...

❓Should we encourage or force companies to purchase carbon removal? 🗣

Apr 18, 2024

International Policy

❓Should we encourage or force companies to purchase carbon removal? 🗣

📈 At their most basic, these are the two options we have at our disposal to scale carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) to the gigaton scale we...

🇪🇺 €28,5m in financing for European carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) projects 🇪🇺

Apr 18, 2024

EU policy

🇪🇺 €28,5m in financing for European carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) projects 🇪🇺

🎉 Great news keep coming out of Europe this week. The European Commission just launched announced a €62m call for proposals under its...

Apr 17, 2024

👋 Meet the team driving carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) in #Germany

💪 Just one year ago, Oscar Schily, Chris Sherwood, and I met up to discuss the need for national CDR advocacy in Germany. One year on,...

🇪🇺 Hot off the press: Key takeaways from CRCF Expert Group meeting 🇪🇺

Apr 16, 2024

EU policy

🇪🇺 Hot off the press: Key takeaways from CRCF Expert Group meeting 🇪🇺

👇 The three-day workshop on the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (#CRCF) just ended. So what did we learn and where are we...

Apr 14, 2024

EU policy

👀 You do not want to miss this 👀

🇪🇺 Today, the Expert Group of the EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework (#CRCF) kicks off its three-day workshop. 👇 Keen to get...

🇨🇦 💪 Canada’s answer to 45Q: the CCUS Investment Tax Credit (#ITC) 💪 🇨🇦

Apr 2, 2024

International Policy

🇨🇦 💪 Canada’s answer to 45Q: the CCUS Investment Tax Credit (#ITC) 💪 🇨🇦

💵 Aiming to compete with its Southern neighbour, Canada has allocated $3.1 billion over the first five years (with a projected extension...

🇪🇺 The 18 measures Europe needs to take to lead on global CDR policy 🇪🇺

Mar 26, 2024

EU policy

🇪🇺 The 18 measures Europe needs to take to lead on global CDR policy 🇪🇺

💎 Carbon Gap strikes again! This time with a real jewel: “Envisioning a carbon removal strategy for Europe: Carbon Gap's recommendations...

🪨🤘 Enhanced Weathering Alliance is ready to ROCK and SCALE up CDR 🤘🪨

Mar 21, 2024

CDR Market

🪨🤘 Enhanced Weathering Alliance is ready to ROCK and SCALE up CDR 🤘🪨

📈 Enhanced Weathering (#EW) presents one of the most promising, scaleable carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) technologies. In an important...

🔥 🇺🇸 BREAKING: U.S. government plans world’s first public-private partnership (#PPP) to scale purchases of carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) 🇺🇸 🔥

Mar 14, 2024

US Policy

🔥 🇺🇸 BREAKING: U.S. government plans world’s first public-private partnership (#PPP) to scale purchases of carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) 🇺🇸 🔥

💡 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) keeps on giving and innovating. Building on the $35m CDR purchase prize currently underway, the...

Mar 13, 2024

🎙️New Podcast “Europe is setting the bar for CDR certification” 🎙️

🗨️ I had the pleasure of speaking with Violet George on one of my favourite podcasts: the Carbon Herald’s #Carbonisations We covered a...

🚗 A roadmap for the equitable allocation of carbon removal 🚗

Mar 6, 2024

Net-Zero

🚗 A roadmap for the equitable allocation of carbon removal 🚗

🤔 I’ve been talking a lot recently about various policy mechanisms that could be used to scale carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR)....

Mar 1, 2024

🇩🇪 The German CDR Industry has a new leader: Stefan Schlosser

🙌 I am beyond excited to announce the new Executive Director of the Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE). Having spent...

Feb 29, 2024

⭐ Introducing the GigaTen: your monthly digest of the top10 CDR policy news ⭐

📰 Last chance to sign up for the first edition of the GigaTen, my monthly newsletter where I will be distilling what is happening in the...

🇪🇺🚨 BREAKING: EU Agreement on Carbon Removal Certification Framework (hashtag#CRCF) 🚨🇪🇺

Feb 20, 2024

EU policy

🇪🇺🚨 BREAKING: EU Agreement on Carbon Removal Certification Framework (hashtag#CRCF) 🚨🇪🇺

Early this morning, the European Institutions held the final #Trilogue meeting on the CRCF, agreeing on the final text of what could...

❓💰 Is Public Procurement Our Best Hope of Getting CDR to Gigagton Scale? 💰❓

Feb 15, 2024

CDR Market

❓💰 Is Public Procurement Our Best Hope of Getting CDR to Gigagton Scale? 💰❓

Private investment alone will be insufficient to drive carbon dioxide removal (hashtag#CDR) to 10Gt+/year by 2050. Governments will have...

🇫🇷 France is setting a high standard for what sustainable finance looks like 💶

Feb 12, 2024

EU policy

🇫🇷 France is setting a high standard for what sustainable finance looks like 💶

📋 #France has taken a significant step by implementing new, more ambitious rules for sustainable investments from March 1, 2024, in line...

💶 Can Feed-in Tariffs (#FITs) scale demand for Carbon Dioxide Removal (#CDR)? 💶

Feb 8, 2024

CDR Market

💶 Can Feed-in Tariffs (#FITs) scale demand for Carbon Dioxide Removal (#CDR)? 💶

We need to increase demand and finance for CDR dramatically to reach gigaton scale. In this series, I cover the main policy tools at our...

🇧🇷 Brazil is on the way to launching the first “cap and trade” system in Latin America 🇧🇷

Jan 25, 2024

CDR Market

🇧🇷 Brazil is on the way to launching the first “cap and trade” system in Latin America 🇧🇷

📉 The initiative is part of the green agenda of President Lula da Silva and is critical for the country to reach its climate targets of...

💷 🇬🇧 Can the United Kingdom’s new ‘contract for difference’ business model help scale up carbon removal? 🇬🇧 💷

Jan 23, 2024

International Policy

💷 🇬🇧 Can the United Kingdom’s new ‘contract for difference’ business model help scale up carbon removal? 🇬🇧 💷

When it comes to carbon management, the #UK has often been leading the way and features frequently in my posts. The UK's Department for...