The CDR Policy Scoop

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Get the Scoop on the latest CDR policy developments with Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart.

Punchy, unfiltered, to the point discussions on all hot developments in the sector.

Listen in to go several levels deeper and beyond the analysis that you won't find anywhere else. Enjoy.

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Episodes

SBTi 2.0 Net Zero Standard: What It Actually Means for CDR - with Robert Höglund

Guest: Robert Höglund, writer of Marginal Carbon, climate strategist at Milkywire, and co-founder of CDI FYI The Science Based Targets initiative has released its long-awaited Net Zero Standard, and Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme wasted no time pulling Robert Höglund, climate strategist at Milkywire, and co-founder of CDR.FYI back onto the show to work through what it actually means for CDR. The three begin with a verdict: mostly neutral. Better than the previous draft, some of the more damagin...

Jun 14, 2026•26 min•Season 1Ep. 82

Taking Stock: The State of CDR - Fireside Chat with Oliver Geden

Recorded live at the Negative Emissions Platform (NEP) event in June 2026, this fireside chat brings Sebastian Manhart together with Oliver Geden for a rapid-fire sweep through the state of CDR policy. Oliver Geden is Head of the Research Cluster on Climate and Energy Policy at SWP (the German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Vice Chair of IPCC Working Group Three, and a member of the executive team of the State of CDR Report. He co-authored Chapter Five on policy in the report...

Jun 08, 2026•30 min•Season 1Ep. 81

The State of CDR 2026: The CDR Policy Scoop Verdict

In this episode of The CDR Policy Scoop, Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme dig into the highly anticipated third edition of the State of CDR Report. At 300 pages and 75-plus authors, this edition is the most comprehensive mapping of the CDR landscape to date. Sebastian and Eve don't attempt to walk through the headlines they go deeper, pulling out the findings that stood out, challenged assumptions, or raised new questions. The conversation opens on vocabulary: the report's case for retiring "natu...

Jun 02, 2026•29 min•Season 1Ep. 80

LULUCF, Carbon Farming and the CRCF Review - with Asger Strange Olesen

In this episode of The CDR Policy Scoop, Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme welcome back Asger Strange Olesen, Global Head of Climate and Biodiversity at the International Woodland Company and Independent Member of the EU Carbon Removal Expert Group. The conversation opens on where the carbon farming side of the CRCF stands relative to the momentum building around permanent removals. Asger explains why carbon credits are the wrong tool for the majority of European farmland that stays in production,...

May 24, 2026•27 min•Season 1Ep. 79

Live from Brussels: Does the EU Buyers' Club Have What it Takes?

Recorded on the ground at the first annual CRCF Days in Brussels, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart spent the day inside Day One on permanent carbon removals and caught up throughout the day to give you a front-row view of how it unfolded. The episode follows the arc of the day to tackle the central question: does the EU Buyers' Club have the momentum, the money, and the buyers to actually deliver? Eve and Sebastian arrive with different expectations and leave with a revealing disagreement. Surpri...

May 21, 2026•31 min•Season 1Ep. 78

CBAM and International Credits: What’s Just Changed? - with Dan Maleski

The European Commission just published a draft implementing act on CBAM and it quietly opens the door to international carbon credits counting toward carbon border liabilities. The rules are still being written, but the direction of travel is clear. Co-hosts Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme pulled our favourite CBAM expert, Dan Maleski back in for a rapid-fire debrief the day after publication. They wanted to get the Scoop on what's actually in the act, what's still missing, and what does it mean...

May 15, 2026•26 min•Season 1Ep. 77

The World's First International CDR Transfers: Lessons from the Inside - with Veronika Elgart and Ane Gjengedal

Recorded on May 6th at Zurich's first-ever Climate Week, this is a different kind of episode. Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme spent the day inside a series of Swiss government-hosted events on international CDR pilot transfers and brought the microphones with them. The Switzerland-Norway and Switzerland-Sweden pilots are quietly doing something that almost no one else is: actually testing the full Article 6 machinery for durable CDR transfers, end to end, with real private sector partners at the...

May 14, 2026•42 min•Season 1Ep. 76

Insurance, Buffers, and the Permanence Trust - with Natalia Dorfman

Who should hold permanence liability, for how long, and how? In this episode of the CDR Policy Scoop, Eve and Sebastian speak with Natalia Dorfman has spent the last four years building Kita into the carbon market's leading insurance specialist. She make the case that the market is finally ready to move beyond buffer pools, and that the tools to do it already exist. Natalia draws a sharp distinction between short and long-term liability windows, explains why buffers were a necessary starting poi...

May 03, 2026•30 min•Season 1Ep. 75

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