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The CDR Policy Scoop — 98 episodes
MEP Peter Liese: the Rapporteur's take on removals in the EU ETS
What is really happening to DAC Hubs? - with Grant Faber
What Does CDR Actually Cost in Europe? - with Hansjörg Lerchenmüller and Eadbhard Pernot
Article 6 Letters of Authorisation Explained - with Lisa DeMarco
Is Enhanced Rock Weathering Ready for Scale? - with Dirk Paessler and Mel Murphy
Inside the Framework for Residual Emissions - with Injy Johnstone
The EU ETS Proposal: the Scoop’s Debrief
Removals Enter the EU ETS: What Brussels Actually Proposes - with Mette Quinn
Inside the Fight to Save $600 Million for DAC - with Vikrum Aiyer
Buffer Pools Aren't Enough: The Case for Contracted Durability - with Luke Pritchard
Getting CDR Right in the EU ETS: What's at Stake - with Francesca Battersby and Louis Uzor
Quarterly Catch Up: National CDR Targets, ETS Integration, and Who Pays for Removals
ISO, SBTi, and the LCAW Verdict on Corporate Net Zero - with Kaya Axelsson
Inside the ISO Net Zero Standard - with Delia Meth-Cohn
Green-Hushing, Safe Harbors, and Who Actually Owns a Carbon Credit - with Dr Ruth Dagan
SBTi 2.0 Net Zero Standard: What It Actually Means for CDR - with Robert Höglund
Taking Stock: The State of CDR - Fireside Chat with Oliver Geden
The State of CDR 2026: The CDR Policy Scoop Verdict
LULUCF, Carbon Farming and the CRCF Review - with Asger Strange Olesen
Live from Brussels: Does the EU Buyers' Club Have What it Takes?
CBAM and International Credits: What’s Just Changed? - with Dan Maleski
The World's First International CDR Transfers: Lessons from the Inside - with Veronika Elgart and Ane Gjengedal
Insurance, Buffers, and the Permanence Trust - with Natalia Dorfman
DIGGING DEEP with Gabrielle Walker: A Life in Climate
SHOWDOWN: Corresponding Adjustments: Necessary or Overkill?
A Government AMC for CDR - with Noah Deich
Australia's CDR Roadmap - with Andrew Lenton
Quarterly catch up: CBAM, ETS, and AI
Frontier: The Private Bet on the Public Good - with Hannah Bebbington Valori
Do long-term strategies deliver credible CDR pathways? - with Harry Smith
Biochar's Washington Playbook - with Maureen Walsh
From Air to Sea: the Canadian Senate takes on marine CDR - with Senator Colin Deacon
How CDR Can Survive Trump? - with Jennifer Wilcox
Rethinking Corporate Net Zero - with Robert Höglund
The Pioneer Pushing CDR in California - with Senator Josh Becker
Inside Denmark’s €4bn CCS Tender - with Jannick Buhl
DEEP DIVE: Can Germany live up to its true CDR potential?
Are Article 6 Credits Going to Count Under CBAM? - with Dan Maleski
Carbon Markets and CDR: What matters and what’s next? - with Alexia Kelly
Green Industrial Policy and CDR in the Global South - with Amir Lebdioui
How Switzerland is Pioneering CO2 Infrastructure - with Sophie Wenger
Special Episode: Behind the Scenes - with Helen Lundebye
CDR 2026 Policy Outlook
CDR’s Defining Policy Moments of 2025
What Do CDR Buyers Really Think? - with Robert Höglund, Lamé Verre, Chris Minter and Adina Braha-Honciuc
The EU’s 2040 Climate Target: Credits and Credibility - with Lambert Schneider
The Uncertain Future of the EU’s CDR Buyers’ Club - with Robert Höglund
What did COP30 deliver for CDR? - with Chris Neidl
Can CDR30 help mainstream removals at COP30? - with Chris Sherwood
The Net Zero Standards: ISO vs SBTi - with Mai Bui
Big week in Brussels - EU 2040 target, NDC, CRCF
COP30 - A Breakthrough Moment for Carbon Removal? - with Chris Neidl
The Carbon Paradox: Saving the planet was never meant to be simple - with Renat Heuberger
What's next for CDR in aviation & shipping - with Robert Höglund
Inside the UK GGR / CDR Review - with Georgia Berry
SHOWDOWN: Voluntary vs Compliance Markets - with Tito Jankowski
Article 6.4 Non-Permanence Standard: Progress or Confusion? - with Olga Gassan-zade
The Removal Compliance System: North Star for CDR demand in Europe? - with Francesca Battersby
Are ERW and OAE ready for Carbon Removal Certification? - with Rachel Smith
CDR Credits from the Global South: Problem or Solution? - with Fiona Mugambi
How Far Can the EU’s Market-Shaping Purchasing Programme Go? - with Hugh McDonald
The UK means business: Examining the GGR Business Model - with Laura Hurley
Carbon Credit Ratings: What really matters right now? - with Bojana Bajzelj
Scoop School Lesson 2: Carbon Removal Leaders & Laggards
Scoop School Lesson 1: Carbon Removal Accounting
The LULUCF Squeeze: Can policy save the EU's fading carbon sink? - with Asger Strange Olesen
CDR and Credibility: Unpacking reversal rules under Article 6.4 - with Danny Cullenward
Is the UK quietly leading the CDR charge? - with Ted Christie-Miller
CDR Durability: What counts as real climate impact? - with Gabrielle Walker
The EU’s first CRCF methodologies: are they good to go?
Can Germany lead the way on CDR Policy? - with Nadine Walsh
EU’s 2040 targets: will CDR hit the bullseye?
SHOWDOWN: Reductions vs Removal Credits - with Renat Heuberger and Marta Krupinska
Green Claims Directive: what is happening? - with Elisabeth Harding
Aligning the VCM with Government Policy - with Alexia Kelly
The world's first durable CDR transaction under the Paris Agreement - with Veronika Elgart
A European CDR Purchasing Programme
Public Subsidies + Carbon Credits: The winning combo? - with Erik Rylander
Can we bank on Canada’s new PM to deliver carbon promises? - with Na'im Merchant
EU ETS: Is this the most important consultation of the year?
CO₂: Waste or commodity? - with Rachael Moore
CBAM: The carbon removal catalyst? - with Dan Maleski
SHOWDOWN: Biochar vs Direct Air Capture - with Martin Freimüller
Rethinking Net-Zero: Do international credits help or harm?
SBTi: Step forward or missed opportunity for CDR? - with Robert Höglund
CORSIA vs ETS: What will actually clean up aviation?
Will the EU need twice as much CDR as expected?
CDR at DoE is dead... or is it? - with Noah Deich
CDR into the EU ETS: Boom or doom?
Like-For-Like: The policy silver bullet? - with Robert Höglund
How will the EU fund CDR?
Trump’s Inauguration: What will happen to CDR in the US? - with Erin Burns
Our 2025 CDR Policy Predictions
The EU's 2040 Climate Target(s): What to expect?
CRCF: Did the EU get it right?
US Election: What does it mean for carbon removal? - with Jason Grillo
COP29: CDR’s big moment?
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