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Sep 12, 2023
🇪🇺 What do stakeholders think about EU climate targets?🇪🇺
The European Union (#EU) carried out a public consultation from March-June this year as part of the initiative to define climate targets...


Sep 6, 2023
🇪🇺 Putting the 'net' in net zero: carbon removals and the EU emissions trading system (#EUETS)🇪🇺
I firmly believe that we will need compliance markets to scale carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) to climate relevance and achieve net-zero....

Aug 31, 2023
💥🇪🇺Breaking: EU #AGRI Committee pushes for biochar carbon removal (#BCR) as permanent removal in
An important milestone has been achieved in advancing BCR with today's decision by the European Parliament's AGRI Committee. The adoption...


Aug 30, 2023
🚨Webinar: what’s the latest on carbon removal policy in Europe?🚨 🇪🇺
Tune into The OpenAir Collective at 5pm CEST on Thursday 7th September to hear my take on: The state of carbon removal policy in Europe,...


Aug 25, 2023
🇺🇸 US green technology investment leaves Europe in the shade 🇪🇺
The disparity in green technology investment between the United States and Europe since the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act...


Aug 10, 2023
💥Exclusive analysis: understanding carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) policy across Europe💥
Across #Europe , policymakers are increasingly pushing for CDR alongside emissions reductions to achieve #netzero . 🔦 Over the past few...


Aug 2, 2023
🇱🇺 How can countries legislate for carbon removal? Exclusive analysis of Luxembourg's L-NET🇱🇺
#Luxembourg has received limited attention in climate policy debates when compared to its more populous European neighbours. Nonetheless,...


Jul 23, 2023
🤝Can we create an EU Removal Trading System?🤝
Recent reports have suggested the creation of a European Union (#EU) Removal Trading System (RTS): a dedicated compliance market for...


Jul 18, 2023
🌧⛰ 🇪🇺 Exploring the potential of enhanced weathering (#EW) with the European Commission 🇪🇺⛰🌧
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of moderating a meeting between six globally leading EW companies and the team at the #EUCOM working on...


Jul 16, 2023
🇪🇸What will Spain’s Presidency of the EU Council look like?🇪🇸
From now until the end of the year, #Spain holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union (#EU). In this role, they will chair...


Jul 11, 2023
🌱🇪🇺BREAKING: Nature Restoration Law passes in the European Parliament 🇪🇺🌱
Today is a significant day as we celebrate the passing of the Nature Restoration Law in the European Parliament, with 336 votes in favour...


Jul 7, 2023
🏦Do we need a European Carbon Central Bank?🏦
A lot of people seem to be discussing how and when to integrate carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) into compliance markets. In this context,...


Jul 6, 2023
🇪🇸 This week’s European carbon management spotlight: #Spain 🇪🇸
Spain currently has a timid carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) policy, with no clear targets. It focuses almost solely on ecosystem-based CDR...


Jun 25, 2023
🇪🇺 How can #CDR be integrated into the EU Emissions Trading System? (#ETS)🇪🇺
There has been a lot of talk lately about the role of CDR in #compliancemarkets. Most people in the industry agree that it has to be the...


Jun 22, 2023
🇮🇹 This week’s European carbon management spotlight: #Italy 🇮🇹
Italy currently lacks a concrete legal and policy framework regulating climate action, and its CDR policy is still in its infancy. It...


Jun 19, 2023
The state of carbon dioxide removal (#cdr) policy in Europe.
Over the last 4 months, we at Carbonfuture (with the help of Alexis Dunand) carried out wide-ranging research on where CDR policy in...


Jun 15, 2023
🇨🇭This week’s European carbon management spotlight: Switzerland🇨🇭
An important vote is coming up for the Swiss electorate on 18 June regarding its #netzero plans – if it passes, it could enshrine CDR...


Jun 14, 2023
🇪🇺🤔 What does the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act (#NZIA) mean for carbon dioxide removal (#CDR)? 🇪🇺
As I emphasize time and time again, CDR is a key tool for reaching net zero, or even net negative, emissions. Privately-funded projects...


May 31, 2023
🇪🇺📣 BREAKING: The #EuropeanParliament voted on a due diligence proposAL🇪🇺📣
In its plenary session earlier today, the EP voted on a proposed directive (366 for and 225 against) that establishes a “duty of...


May 24, 2023
🇫🇷 This week’s EU carbon management spotlight: France 🇫🇷
As the second largest economy in Europe, #France has a key role to play in helping the #EU achieve #netzero. While a concrete carbon...
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