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The Carbon Removal Scoop
Get the Scoop on the latest carbon removal developments across policy, markets, and tech with Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart.
Punchy, unfiltered, to the point discussions on all the hottest developments in the sector.
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Episodes
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47 | Big week in Brussels - EU 2040 target, NDC, CRCF
What a whirlwind it has been in Europe. Over the last few days, we have seen the Council of the EU and the European Parliament's ENVI Committee agree on their…
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46 | COP30 - A Breakthrough Moment for Carbon Removal? - with Chris Neidl
It’s that time of year again - COP30 is just around the corner. This year in Belém, Brazil, CDR has stepped up its game and will have its first-ever CDR…
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45 | The Carbon Paradox: Saving the planet was never meant to be simple - with Renat Heuberger
We all know that climate change is the greatest challenge of our generation, and for many of us, it’s our life’s work. If you’re like us, you spend most of…
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44 | What's next for CDR in aviation & shipping - with Robert Höglund
The IMO just paused its carbon price: What’s next for shipping, and will aviation follow suit? Just months after the world celebrated the first-ever global…
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43 | Inside the UK GGR / CDR Review - with Georgia Berry
CDR Policy Scoop is back with a deep dive into one of the most consequential CDR policy reviews to date: the Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals, led…
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42 | SHOWDOWN: Voluntary vs Compliance Markets - with Tito Jankowski
CDR Policy Scoop is proud to present the next SHOWDOWN in the first-ever live debate in a hybrid format — on stage and streamed live: Voluntary vs Compliance…
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41 | Article 6.4 Non-Permanence Standard: Progress or Confusion? - with Olga Gassan-zade
What does the new Article 6.4 Standard on Non-Permanence and Reversals mean for carbon removal projects? It has just been adopted by the Supervisory Body after…
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40 | The Removal Compliance System: North Star for CDR demand in Europe? - with Francesca Battersby
The EU carbon removal purchasing programme and potential integration of removals into the ETS have generated plenty of buzz. Yet these could just be a first…
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39 | Are ERW and OAE ready for Carbon Removal Certification? - with Rachel Smith
On 25 September, the European Commission convened its first Technical Workshop on Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) and Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) under…
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38 | CDR Credits from the Global South: Problem or Solution? - with Fiona Mugambi
The EU’s 2040 Climate Target debate is heating up. At stake: whether to allow international carbon credits at all - and if so, how many and what kind. The…
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37 | How Far Can the EU’s Market-Shaping Purchasing Programme Go? - with Hugh McDonald
Achieving the EU’s aspirational 2030 target of 5 MtCO₂-e in permanent removals per year requires an €2.4–6.7 billion in investment. Fast forward to 2040, we’ll…
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36 | The UK means business: Examining the GGR Business Model - with Laura Hurley
At the end of August, the UK government released over 500 pages of documentation on how it plans to finance the scale-up of removals. There is a lot to talk…
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35 | Carbon Credit Ratings: What really matters right now? - with Bojana Bajzelj
Carbon rating agencies have increasingly become an indispensable pillar of carbon market infrastructure. While originally created to solve deep-seated quality…
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34 | Scoop School Lesson 2: Carbon Removal Leaders & Laggards
Scoop School is back in session. The second lesson: Who’s leading and who’s lagging in carbon removal (CDR) policy? Who’s getting it right, and who’s falling…
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33 | Scoop School Lesson 1: Carbon Removal Accounting
It may still be summer, but the new series, “Scoop School”, is now in session. First lesson: Carbon Removal Accounting. Which is not the same as MRV, and the…
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32 | The LULUCF Squeeze: Can policy save the EU's fading carbon sink? - with Asger Strange Olesen
Europe’s forests and soils have been acting as an indispensable cushion for our climate targets, currently offsetting around 6% of the EU’s GHG emissions. But…
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31 | CDR and Credibility: Unpacking reversal rules under Article 6.4 - with Danny Cullenward
The Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM, also known as the Article 6.4 mechanism) is going through another round of public consultations. One key…
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30 | Is the UK quietly leading the CDR charge? - with Ted Christie-Miller
We’ve covered a lot of CDR policy developments in Europe and across the pond in the United States. But, truth be told, the UK is a bit of a blind spot for us…
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29 | CDR Durability: What counts as real climate impact? - with Gabrielle Walker
Like it or not, the “like-for-like” debate in carbon removal isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Conversations around temporary versus durable, conventional…
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28 | The EU’s first CRCF methodologies: are they good to go?
The first methodologies for permanent removals under the EU’s Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation are being finalised. The European Commission’s 8th…
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27 | Can Germany lead the way on CDR Policy? - with Nadine Walsh
Not one week passes without news of major developments coming out of Germany: earlier in the year, Europe’s biggest economy became the first country in the…
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26 | EU’s 2040 targets: will CDR hit the bullseye?
A day after the European Commission published its legislative proposal for the EU’s 2040 climate target, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart sat down for a timely…
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25 | SHOWDOWN: Reductions vs Removal Credits - with Renat Heuberger and Marta Krupinska
This gets to the core of the carbon market debate. Reductions, including avoidance credits, currently account for over 95% of credits in the VCM. Meanwhile…
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24 | Green Claims Directive: what is happening? - with Elisabeth Harding
One of the world's first regulations to fight corporate greenwashing is on the final stretch. Or is it? The final trilogue, the negotiations between the three…
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23 | Aligning the VCM with Government Policy - with Alexia Kelly
Should the VCM shape or follow government policy? The Voluntary Carbon Market is at a crossroads as governments ramp up climate ambition and explore carbon…
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22 | The world's first durable CDR transaction under the Paris Agreement - with Veronika Elgart
The Paris Agreement's carbon markets could be worth up to $250 billion annually and reduce or remove gigatons of CO2. But how do we operationalise it? How can…
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21 | A European CDR Purchasing Programme
A European CDR Purchasing Programme for Permanent Carbon Removal? Sounds too good to be true? Well, it may become a reality soon. On May 21st, the European…
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20 | Public Subsidies + Carbon Credits: The winning combo? - with Erik Rylander
Many projects want to blend public funding with revenue from voluntary carbon markets as carbon removal scales up. Meanwhile, governments have different…
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19 | Can we bank on Canada’s new PM to deliver carbon promises? - with Na'im Merchant
Against all odds, the Liberal Party just won the Canadian general elections. Mark Carney’s party explicitly campaigned to turn Canada into a global leader in…
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18 | EU ETS: Is this the most important consultation of the year?
It's out: the European Commission published a consultation to gather feedback on what the world's largest emission trading system - the EU ETS - should look…
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17 | CO₂: Waste or commodity? - with Rachael Moore
Are we scrubbing the smokestacks and skies of a waste gas, or creating a valuable resource for a net-zero world? As carbon management technologies like CCS…
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16 | CBAM: The carbon removal catalyst? - with Dan Maleski
How can the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism help scale carbon dioxide removal? Designed to put a price on imported carbon and prevent leakage, but…
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15 | SHOWDOWN: Biochar vs Direct Air Capture - with Martin Freimüller
A fun, interactive, first-of-a-kind live debate with over 1000 attendees signed up. We picked two real heavyweights: DAC, the poster-child of CDR, with over…
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14 | Rethinking Net-Zero: Do international credits help or harm?
On March 31st, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra floated various ideas for how Europe’s expected 90% emission reduction target for 2040 could be achieved…
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13 | SBTi: Step forward or missed opportunity for CDR? - with Robert Höglund
8,000 companies have emission reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. Only around 50 of them have so far purchased durable carbon…
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12 | CORSIA vs ETS: What will actually clean up aviation?
Aviation is responsible for almost 1Gt of CO2 emissions, or 2.5% of global emissions. Up to 4% when accounting for non-CO2 climate warming effects. And demand…
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11 | Will the EU need twice as much CDR as expected?
Will the EU need 2x as much CDR? The highly anticipated 333-page milestone report on carbon removal by Europe's Scientific Advisory Board has landed, promising…
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10 | CDR at DoE is dead... or is it? - with Noah Deich
In February 2025, all probationary contract staff at the Department of Energy were terminated, including the most incredibly talented and experienced people…
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9 | CDR into the EU ETS: Boom or doom?
Emission trading systems (ETS) are often touted as the largest potential source of demand for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), providing a large, predictable…
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8 | Like-For-Like: The policy silver bullet? - with Robert Höglund
In carbon removal policy circles, three simple words - like-for-like - seem to come up more and more. It is a simple and obvious concept that is actually…
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7 | How will the EU fund CDR?
On January 28th, the European Commission hosted a long-awaited workshop on public funding for permanent CDR. Expectations were high - maybe too high? What came…
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6 | Trump’s Inauguration: What will happen to CDR in the US? - with Erin Burns
Donald J. Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. As soon as he took office, executive orders were signed affecting all areas of…
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5 | Our 2025 CDR Policy Predictions
What will be the main themes and developments this year? 2025 will likely be the biggest year for CDR policy to date. Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart compared…
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4 | The EU's 2040 Climate Target(s): What to expect?
The EU’s 2040 Climate Target(s): hope in difficult times or empty promises? In 2025, the European Union will attempt to formalise a binding target for emission…
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3 | CRCF: Did the EU get it right?
The CRCF - the gold standard for CDR certification? Some see it as the world's most important CDR policy, others just as an empty shell with no clear impact…
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2 | US Election: What does it mean for carbon removal? - with Jason Grillo
What will the Trump victory mean for CDR? Speculation is rife - is this the end of CDR in the U.S., a blessing in disguise, or simply not that important? In…
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1 | COP29: CDR’s big moment?
Will COP29 be the breakthrough COP for CDR? What a start! Article 6.4 standards were adopted on day 1 of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. What does this actually…
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0 | Welcome to the CDR Policy Scoop
The CDR Policy Scoop, where we unpack carbon removal policy in 30 minutes or less. Punchy, unfiltered, to the point discussions on all hot developments in the…