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. One of them: letting EU countries purchase United Nations Article 6 credits to meet EU's 2040 climate target. Similar suggestions are currently being proposed by the upcoming German government. This would require undoing a core principle of Europe’s Climate Law: only European reductions and removals shall count towards climate neutrality....
Apr 03, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 14
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 removal. Imagine if all of them purchased CDR? The impact could be >50Mt of demand. Per year. Starting from 2030. On March 18th, the SBTi released the draft net-zero standard 2.0 which marks a potential inflection point. Will it: Drive companies to begin CDR purchases immediately? Keep CDR voluntary until the 2040s? Inadvertently push ...
Mar 21, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 13
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 is only going up: 3-4% year-on-year. Aviation is also notoriously hard to decarbonise: most hope is placed on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Given there will always be considerable residual emissions (ICAO: 200Mt-950Mt in 2050), carbon removal is central to aviation’s net-zero aspiration for 2050. From a policy perspective, it is incred...
Mar 14, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 to be the most comprehensive analysis of CDR to date. Does this heavyweight report deliver the strategic guidance needed to shape effective EU CDR policy? What other crucial insights does it offer – and more importantly, what might it have missed? Eve and Sebastian delve into the report and share their take. Tune in to find out more. Link...
Mar 06, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In February 2025, all probationary contract staff at the Department of Energy were terminated, including the most incredibly talented and experienced people who had turned the U.S. into a CDR powerhouse over the previous years. What does this - alongside the freezing of IRA and BIL funds - mean for CDR in the U.S. moving forward? How will DAC Hubs be affected? What about the Public Procurement Purchase Prize? To make sense of this very difficult and sensitive situation, Eve Tamme and Sebastian M...
Feb 26, 2025•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Emission trading systems (ETS) are often touted as the largest potential source of demand for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), providing a large, predictable market worth billions. The EU ETS is by far the largest and most successful in the world, with its market size around 900 billion EUR and carbon price climbing over 80 EUR/t. 2025 is the time when a lot of decisions to critical questions will need to be answered. From the design of such integration, to a selection of which CDR technologies, to...
Feb 19, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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 incredibly complex and misunderstood. Robert Höglund joins Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart in exploring like-for-like as a concept, why it is becoming a core pillar of CDR policy design and what net-zero targets should actually look like. Tune in to find out more Links: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and Website Rob...
Feb 06, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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 out of it and what is lined up for funding of CDR in Europe? Both Eve (in person) and Sebastian (remote) attended, and are bringing you all the insights you need to know. Tune in to find out more Links: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian’s critique on the report presented during the workshop ...
Jan 31, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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 the U.S. society and economy, including climate and CDR. Joined by Erin Burns, the Executive Director of the U.S.’ leading CDR nonprofit Carbon180, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart try to make sense of a dynamic and fragile situation. From the impact on the international stage, to how existing policy successes can be defended, to changes in n...
Jan 23, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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 and discussed their top 5 predictions, covering national, regional, and global CDR policy. Tune in to get to know what to look out for in 2025. Show notes: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 15, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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 reduction in 2040. This would complement the existing 55% reduction target for 2030 and a climate neutrality target for 2050. As of today, the European Commission plans to recommend an ambitious 90% reduction target for 2040. In the current political landscape, this will be a contested proposal. What about the role of carbon dioxide remov...
Jan 15, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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. In this CDR Policy Scoop, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart dive into this hot topic they both feel very passionately about. Tune in to hear where it currently stands, what some of the sticking points are, and how it will fit into European climate policy (or not). Find out more: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and ...
Jan 15, 2025•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3
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 this CDR Policy Scoop, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart are joined by the one and only Jason Grillo to dig into what this Republican trifecta of control over the White House, House of Congress, and Senate means for CDR – on both federal and state level – and also the implications for the world at large. Find out more: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and ...
Jan 15, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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 mean, and what else can we expect? In this CDR Policy Scoop, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart try to make sense of a topic that has generated a lot of excitement but also raised some serious questions. Find out more: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and Website Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism PACM Standard: Requi...
Jan 15, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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 sector. Listen in to go several levels deeper and beyond the analysis that you won't find anywhere else. Enjoy. Find out more: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 13, 2025•5 min
