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The CDR Policy Scoop — 76 episodes

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

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DIGGING DEEP with Gabrielle Walker: A Life in Climate

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SHOWDOWN: Corresponding Adjustments: Necessary or Overkill?

4

A Government AMC for CDR - with Noah Deich

5

Australia's CDR Roadmap - with Andrew Lenton

6

Quarterly catch up: CBAM, ETS, and AI

7

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

8

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

9

Biochar's Washington Playbook - with Maureen Walsh

10

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

11

How CDR Can Survive Trump? - with Jennifer Wilcox

12

Rethinking Corporate Net Zero - with Robert Höglund

13

The Pioneer Pushing CDR in California - with Senator Josh Becker

14

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

15

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

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

17

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

18

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

19

How Switzerland is Pioneering CO2 Infrastructure - with Sophie Wenger

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Special Episode: Behind the Scenes - with Helen Lundebye

21

CDR 2026 Policy Outlook

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CDR’s Defining Policy Moments of 2025

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

What did COP30 deliver for CDR? - with Chris Neidl

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

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

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

33

Inside the UK GGR / CDR Review - with Georgia Berry

34

SHOWDOWN: Voluntary vs Compliance Markets - with Tito Jankowski

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

Scoop School Lesson 2: Carbon Removal Leaders & Laggards

43

Scoop School Lesson 1: Carbon Removal Accounting

44

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

45

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

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

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

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

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Aligning the VCM with Government Policy - with Alexia Kelly

54

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

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A European CDR Purchasing Programme

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

57

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

58

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

59

CO₂: Waste or commodity? - with Rachael Moore

60

CBAM: The carbon removal catalyst? - with Dan Maleski

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SHOWDOWN: Biochar vs Direct Air Capture - with Martin Freimüller

62

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

63

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

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CORSIA vs ETS: What will actually clean up aviation?

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Will the EU need twice as much CDR as expected?

66

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

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CDR into the EU ETS: Boom or doom?

68

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

69

How will the EU fund CDR?

70

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

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Our 2025 CDR Policy Predictions

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

73

CRCF: Did the EU get it right?

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

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COP29: CDR’s big moment?

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