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The CDR Policy Scoop — 88 episodes

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1

What Do We Need To Get Right in the CDR Integration into the EU ETS? - with Francesca Battesby and Louis Uzor

2

Quarterly Catch Up: National CDR Targets, ETS Integration, and Who Pays for Removals

3

ISO, SBTi, and the LCAW Verdict on Corporate Net Zero - with Kaya Axelsson

4

Inside the ISO Net Zero Standard - with Delia Meth-Cohn

5

Green-Hushing, Safe Harbors, and Who Actually Owns a Carbon Credit - with Dr Ruth Dagan

6

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

7

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

8

The State of CDR 2026: The CDR Policy Scoop Verdict

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

DIGGING DEEP with Gabrielle Walker: A Life in Climate

15

SHOWDOWN: Corresponding Adjustments: Necessary or Overkill?

16

A Government AMC for CDR - with Noah Deich

17

Australia's CDR Roadmap - with Andrew Lenton

18

Quarterly catch up: CBAM, ETS, and AI

19

Frontier: The Private Bet on the Public Good - with Hannah Bebbington Valori

20

Do long-term strategies deliver credible CDR pathways? - with Harry Smith

21

Biochar's Washington Playbook - with Maureen Walsh

22

From Air to Sea: the Canadian Senate takes on marine CDR - with Senator Colin Deacon

23

How CDR Can Survive Trump? - with Jennifer Wilcox

24

Rethinking Corporate Net Zero - with Robert Höglund

25

The Pioneer Pushing CDR in California - with Senator Josh Becker

26

Inside Denmark’s €4bn CCS Tender - with Jannick Buhl

27

DEEP DIVE: Can Germany live up to its true CDR potential?

28

Are Article 6 Credits Going to Count Under CBAM? - with Dan Maleski

29

Carbon Markets and CDR: What matters and what’s next? - with Alexia Kelly

30

Green Industrial Policy and CDR in the Global South - with Amir Lebdioui

31

How Switzerland is Pioneering CO2 Infrastructure - with Sophie Wenger

32

Special Episode: Behind the Scenes - with Helen Lundebye

33

CDR 2026 Policy Outlook

34

CDR’s Defining Policy Moments of 2025

35

What Do CDR Buyers Really Think? - with Robert Höglund, Lamé Verre, Chris Minter and Adina Braha-Honciuc

36

The EU’s 2040 Climate Target: Credits and Credibility - with Lambert Schneider

37

The Uncertain Future of the EU’s CDR Buyers’ Club - with Robert Höglund

38

What did COP30 deliver for CDR? - with Chris Neidl

39

Can CDR30 help mainstream removals at COP30? - with Chris Sherwood

40

The Net Zero Standards: ISO vs SBTi - with Mai Bui

41

Big week in Brussels - EU 2040 target, NDC, CRCF

42

COP30 - A Breakthrough Moment for Carbon Removal? - with Chris Neidl

43

The Carbon Paradox: Saving the planet was never meant to be simple - with Renat Heuberger

44

What's next for CDR in aviation & shipping - with Robert Höglund

45

Inside the UK GGR / CDR Review - with Georgia Berry

46

SHOWDOWN: Voluntary vs Compliance Markets - with Tito Jankowski

47

Article 6.4 Non-Permanence Standard: Progress or Confusion? - with Olga Gassan-zade

48

The Removal Compliance System: North Star for CDR demand in Europe? - with Francesca Battersby

49

Are ERW and OAE ready for Carbon Removal Certification? - with Rachel Smith

50

CDR Credits from the Global South: Problem or Solution? - with Fiona Mugambi

51

How Far Can the EU’s Market-Shaping Purchasing Programme Go? - with Hugh McDonald

52

The UK means business: Examining the GGR Business Model - with Laura Hurley

53

Carbon Credit Ratings: What really matters right now? - with Bojana Bajzelj

54

Scoop School Lesson 2: Carbon Removal Leaders & Laggards

55

Scoop School Lesson 1: Carbon Removal Accounting

56

The LULUCF Squeeze: Can policy save the EU's fading carbon sink? - with Asger Strange Olesen

57

CDR and Credibility: Unpacking reversal rules under Article 6.4 - with Danny Cullenward

58

Is the UK quietly leading the CDR charge? - with Ted Christie-Miller

59

CDR Durability: What counts as real climate impact? - with Gabrielle Walker

60

The EU’s first CRCF methodologies: are they good to go?

61

Can Germany lead the way on CDR Policy? - with Nadine Walsh

62

EU’s 2040 targets: will CDR hit the bullseye?

63

SHOWDOWN: Reductions vs Removal Credits - with Renat Heuberger and Marta Krupinska

64

Green Claims Directive: what is happening? - with Elisabeth Harding

65

Aligning the VCM with Government Policy - with Alexia Kelly

66

The world's first durable CDR transaction under the Paris Agreement - with Veronika Elgart

67

A European CDR Purchasing Programme

68

Public Subsidies + Carbon Credits: The winning combo? - with Erik Rylander

69

Can we bank on Canada’s new PM to deliver carbon promises? - with Na'im Merchant

70

EU ETS: Is this the most important consultation of the year?

71

CO₂: Waste or commodity? - with Rachael Moore

72

CBAM: The carbon removal catalyst? - with Dan Maleski

73

SHOWDOWN: Biochar vs Direct Air Capture - with Martin Freimüller

74

Rethinking Net-Zero: Do international credits help or harm?

75

SBTi: Step forward or missed opportunity for CDR? - with Robert Höglund

76

CORSIA vs ETS: What will actually clean up aviation?

77

Will the EU need twice as much CDR as expected?

78

CDR at DoE is dead... or is it? - with Noah Deich

79

CDR into the EU ETS: Boom or doom?

80

Like-For-Like: The policy silver bullet? - with Robert Höglund

81

How will the EU fund CDR?

82

Trump’s Inauguration: What will happen to CDR in the US? - with Erin Burns

83

Our 2025 CDR Policy Predictions

84

The EU's 2040 Climate Target(s): What to expect?

85

CRCF: Did the EU get it right?

86

US Election: What does it mean for carbon removal? - with Jason Grillo

87

COP29: CDR’s big moment?

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